Streeton's Frame
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The first use of the Mosman area was for the careening of the HMS Sirius in 1789 in what was named Greater Sirius Cove, now known as Mosman Bay. This careening continued through to 1830 and in 1831 Archibald Mosman turned the site into a whaling station until 1844 when a slump in the whaling industry occurred. The bay was then known as Mosman Bay. Following this, the bay was again used for shipping repairs, however inevitably became a graveyard for discarded vessels. Little Sirius Cove was named as the smaller sister to its neighbouring cove.
Richard Hayes Harnett Snr acquired the Mosman estate and from 1871 began developing the Mosman area as a pleasure playground. This included a ferry service at Mosman Bay to Circular Quay, a dance hall, a weekend hotel and a quadrille band to entertain visitors. These attempts however, were largely unsuccessful. In 1874, Harnett began subdividing the ridges and gullies of bushland to be auctioned as home sites to meet Sydney's housing shortage. For more information on the history of Mosman, please see the link below.
The artists of this area typically painted views across the water; however they were usually smaller glimpses of the landscapes, as opposed to large panoramas, such as the works of Arthur Streeton, as this frame demonstrates. This allowed the artists to hone in on those smaller interesting fragments that make up the larger landscape.
Kids Go Walkabout
How does this framing and cropping compare to a larger landscape? How does it change your view of the overall landscape?
History of Mosman: www.mosman.nsw.gov.au
Images
Arthur Streeton, From My Camp (Sirius Cove), 1896. Currently in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Recent documentary photograph of the same viewpoint as Arthur Streeton's, From My Camp (Sirius Cove), 1896.
Arthur Streeton, Near Streeton's Camp at Sirius Cove, 1892. Currently in the collection of New England Regional Art Museum.
Arthur Streeton, Souvenir of Little Sirius, Sydney Harbour, c.1896. Currently in collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
Conrad Martens, View from Craigend, 1840. Currently in the Balnaves Gift Collection of Mosman Art Gallery, New South Wales.
Plan of the first land grants in Mosman, 1840s. Sturrock, R. (1982) 'A Pictorial History of Mosman', Vol 1, p.17
Richard Hayes Harnett Snr acquired the Mosman estate and from 1871 began developing the Mosman area as a pleasure playground. This included a ferry service at Mosman Bay to Circular Quay, a dance hall, a weekend hotel and a quadrille band to entertain visitors. These attempts however, were largely unsuccessful. In 1874, Harnett began subdividing the ridges and gullies of bushland to be auctioned as home sites to meet Sydney's housing shortage. For more information on the history of Mosman, please see the link below.
The artists of this area typically painted views across the water; however they were usually smaller glimpses of the landscapes, as opposed to large panoramas, such as the works of Arthur Streeton, as this frame demonstrates. This allowed the artists to hone in on those smaller interesting fragments that make up the larger landscape.
Kids Go Walkabout
How does this framing and cropping compare to a larger landscape? How does it change your view of the overall landscape?
History of Mosman: www.mosman.nsw.gov.au
Images
Arthur Streeton, From My Camp (Sirius Cove), 1896. Currently in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Recent documentary photograph of the same viewpoint as Arthur Streeton's, From My Camp (Sirius Cove), 1896.
Arthur Streeton, Near Streeton's Camp at Sirius Cove, 1892. Currently in the collection of New England Regional Art Museum.
Arthur Streeton, Souvenir of Little Sirius, Sydney Harbour, c.1896. Currently in collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
Conrad Martens, View from Craigend, 1840. Currently in the Balnaves Gift Collection of Mosman Art Gallery, New South Wales.
Plan of the first land grants in Mosman, 1840s. Sturrock, R. (1982) 'A Pictorial History of Mosman', Vol 1, p.17
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