Picnic held at Lady [sic] Macquarie's Chair Sydney NSW in 1852

J Hendersonc 1852

Australian National Maritime Museum
Sydney, Australia

This picturesque rocky headland east of Farm Cove on Sydney Harbour was a popular vantage point for crowds of all classes watching regattas and for picnics.

It shows a sailing regatta in the early 1850s while spectators picnic on the foreshore and cluster around the Royal Oak Hotel's refreshment tent.

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Title: Picnic held at Lady [sic] Macquarie's Chair Sydney NSW in 1852
Creator: J Henderson
Date: c 1852
Location: Sydney
Type: Lithograph
Significance: This lithograph by J Henderson depicts the recreational use of Sydney Harbour and its foreshores in the 19th century for aquatic sports and picnics. The 1870s lithograph is based on an earlier work believed to have been painted in the 1850s by an unknown artist. It is now in the Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales Collection.
See institution's online collections: http://www.anmm.gov.au/collections
Medium: Coloured inks on paper, wooden frame
Dimensions: 720 x 915 mm
Credit line: ANMM Collection

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