Panorama of Sydney Harbour, Panel I, Woolloomooloo to entrance of Parramatta River, Neutral Bay and Fort Denison
Muriel Binney1907/1907
Australian National Maritime Museum
Sydney, Australia
This is the first panel of four that together form a panoramic painting by Muriel Binney of Sydney Harbour in 1907. In this particular panel, Binney has depicted Woolloomooloo Bay, Farm Cove to the entrance of the Parramatta River and Neutral Bay to Fort Denison. As in the other panels this particular scene shows an extensive range of different sailing craft from both commercial industries or for leisure. The entire 20 metre scene was entered into the First Australian Exhibition of Women's Work, held in Melbourne in 1907. The complete panorama was later selected for display in the Australian Pavilion at the Franco-British Exhibition in London in 1908 where it was awarded a silver medal.
- Title: Panorama of Sydney Harbour, Panel I, Woolloomooloo to entrance of Parramatta River, Neutral Bay and Fort Denison
- Creator: Muriel Binney
- Date: 1907/1907
- Location: Sydney
- Type: Painting
- Significance: The frieze is a rare document of Sydney Harbour in the first half of the 20th century depicting a variety of working and leisure craft indicative of the time. The focus is on the harbour life of boats and navigational markers rather than the landforms or buildings that surround it. Although painted for an exhibition of women’s work, the frieze stands alone as an exceptional example of the aesthetic and technical skill Binney had in an era when maritime painting and panoramas were genres traditionally dominated by men.
- See institution's online collections: http://www.anmm.gov.au/collections
- Medium: Watercolour paint, linen
- Dimensions: 504 x 4330 mm
- Credit line: ANMM Collection Gift from Jeremy Grover in memory of Doris Frost and Dick Binney, conserved with the assistance of the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation
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