- Port Jackson Painter]
- The drawing is inscribed in blue pencil at top right with the number "272, which refers to the pre-1984 numbering system for the Watling Collection.
- The drawing is inscribed in brown ink at bottom with the title "A view of Government farm at Rose Hill N. S wales 1791", followed in paler ink by "I Brick kiln", referring to a construction in the foreground of the drawing labelled "I". Rose Hill is the original name given to Parramatta.
- The drawing is unsigned, but dated 1791.
- The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
- By permission of the trustees of the Natural History Museum (London).
- Two sets of transparencies held in the Natural History Museum (London) Zoology Library and Picture Library: Picture Library order number 12018
- James Lee of Kensington : purchased ; 1902
- Data sheet available.
- Wheeler, A. and Smith, B, (eds.) The Art of the First Fleet and other early Australian Drawings. New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1988. (Plate 120, p. 116.)
- McCormick, Tim. First Views of Australia: A History of Early Sydney. David Ell Press in association with Longueville Publications, Chippendale, 1987. (Plate 12, p. 46.)
- Dixson, W. 'Some Early Picture of Sydney', The Royal Australian Historical Society Journal and Proceedings Vol. 19, 1923, pp. 198-204.
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