Source Analysis 1
Answer the following;Part 1:
Who created the painting? When was it created? Why might this painting have been created? What does this picture tell us about this time in the colony of Sydney? |
Title: Sydney from the western side of the Cove, ca 1803 / attributed to G.W. Evans]
Caption:Sydney from the western side of the Cove, ca 1803 / attributed to G.W. Evans] Creator: Evans, George William, 1780-1852 This watercolour shows for the first time the veranda of Government House extended across the front of the drawing room with the garden being cleared in preparation for planting |
Part 2; Describe what you can see in the image. Look carefully at:
- The buildings (What sizes are they? What would they be used for? What could they be made from?)
- The gardens – how are they the same/different to your backyard?
- The streets (Do you think they were planned or just happened that way.
- Why? What are they made from? How have they been built? Who would have built them? Why were they built? Who uses them?)
- The people (Who can you see? What sorts of clothing are they wearing?
- What are they doing? Who is missing?)