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f.7. St. Phillips [ie Philips] Church Sydney

Courtesy of Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales | Out of copyright

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Date

1809

Artist

George William Evans (1780-1852)

Collection

State Library of New South Wales

Image Link

https://search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/15rjecp/ADLIB110328948

Description

10.5 x 20.6 cm
"The Front of Sydney Church / New South Wales. 1809." -- inscribed in ink on reverse at top left
Album details: Series 01: Australian paintings by J.W. Lewin, G.P. Harris, G.W. Evans and others, 1796-1809 [32 watercolours]
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Out of copyright

Image Credit

Courtesy of Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Location

St Philip's Church, Sydney, Australia

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Towers
Architecture
Religious Buildings

Category

Buildings & Architecture

TWW Comment

This is the oldest Anglican church parish in Australia, established in June 1793. The first building was a wattle and daub construction that was burned by convicts in 1798. This painting depicts the second building, which was in use from 1810 to 1856 and had the dubious distinction of being dubbed 'the ugliest church in Christendom'. The current, Victorian Gothic church was built between 1848 and 1856; the architect Edmund Blacket based his designs on Magdalen Tower in Oxford.

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