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Panorama of Sydney Harbour, Panel II, Mosman to St George's Head [sic]

Muriel Binney1907/1907

Australian National Maritime Museum

Australian National Maritime Museum
Sydney, Australia

This painting is the second panel of a 20 metre panoramic frieze of Sydney Harbour foreshores at sunset painted by Muriel Binney for 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. This particular section of the painting depicts Mosman Bay, Athol Bight, Taylor Bay, Clifton Gardens, Obelisk Bay and Middle Head. The panorama is noted for displaying a large variety of sailing craft and vessels including steamships, sailing yachts, canoes and other leisure boats.

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  • Title: Panorama of Sydney Harbour, Panel II, Mosman to St George's Head [sic]
  • Creator: Muriel Binney
  • Date: 1907/1907
  • Location: Sydney
  • Type: Painting
  • Medium: Watercolour paint, paper, linen
  • 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
  • Dimensions: 500 x 5410 mm
  • Credit line: ANMM CollectionGift from Jeremy Grover in memory of Doris Frost and Dick Binney, conserved with the assistance of the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation
Australian National Maritime Museum

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