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"Sun Rising - Going out of Port Jackson Harbour"
Artist: Watling, Thomas
Created: [between 1792 and 1797]
Dimensions: 17 x 22.8 cm
Reference: Watling Drawing - no. 13

 
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  • Thomas Watling]
  • The drawing is inscribed in blue pencil at top right with the number "18", which refers to the pre-1984 numbering system for the Watling Collection.
  • The drawing is inscribed in pencil at bottom with the title "SUN-RISING. - GOING OUT OF PORT-JACKSON-Harbour."
  • The drawing is signed in pencil at lower right "Thos. Watling, dt.", but is undated.
  • 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 12013
  • James Lee of Kensington : purchased ; 1902
  • Data sheet available.
  • McCormick, Tim. First Views of Australia: A History of Early Sydney. David Ell Press in association with Longueville Publications, Chippendale, 1987. (Plate 28, p. 62.)