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C1878
The Police Office, Sydney.
Scarce c.19th engraving of the George Street police station and courthouse on the corner of Druitt and George Street that occupied part of the old Central Markets from the early 1830s, including the domed Market House that had been built in … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The Police Office, Sydney.
Date:
C1878
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
225mm
x 152mm
Paper Size:
270mm
x 208mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1878
Description:
Scarce c.19th engraving of the George Street police station and courthouse on the corner of Druitt and George Street that occupied part of the old Central Markets from the early 1830s, including the domed Market House that had been built in 1820. The markets were removed to the rear of the building. Never entirely satisfactory as a police station and court, by 1880 the building was becoming derelict and was eventually demolished in 1889 along with the rest of the markets. The site is now occupied by the Queen Victoria Building.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 7289297
State Library New South Wales: 991001269919702626
Joseph Hutchins Fowles (1810 - 1878)
Fowles arrived in Sydney from London in August 1838, accompanied by his wife, as cabin passenger on the Fortune. He came to public attention in 1847 with his contributions to the first exhibition of the Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts in Australia. In July 1848 Fowles issued the first part of his series Sydney in 1848 which contained 'elegant' streets and buildings which were made with painstaking accuracy 'to remove the erroneous and discreditable notions current in England concerning this city'. By 1858 Fowles had won a new reputation when Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle designated him 'Our Colonial Herring' as a result of a series of portraits of 'celebrated Australian cracks', racehorses and riding horses. By 1855 Fowles was training and examining young art teachers in drawing for the National Board of Education. In an obituary notice he was described as 'Father of drawing in the city'.
