Item #CL169-5 [Sydney From Parramatta Road]. Joseph Lycett, c1775-c1828 Australian.
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[Sydney From Parramatta Road]

c1819. Watercolour, 41.6 x 55cm. Some discolouration overall, slight foxing, repaired tears and paper loss to upper portion. Laid down on acid-free tissue.

A number of similar watercolours by Lycett are illustrated in McCormick, First Views of Australia, 1788-1825, plates 209-212, dated 1819; including plate 110, which appears to depict the same view as the present image, and is titled West View of Sydney taken from Grose’s Farm, New South Wales. The farmland granted to Lieutenant Governor Francis Grose in 1792 was set aside for the University of Sydney in the 1850s.

Provenance: Clune Galleries to James Fairfax, to current owner. This unsigned watercolour has been authenticated by expert Tim McCormick in the accompanying documentation.

It is extremely rare to find a Lycett watercolour of this size and nature in private hands. Comparable works are held in the Mitchell Library and NLA collections.

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Item #CL169-5

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