Macquarie Chest
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macquarie-chest-192-2473468
title:
Macquarie Chest
text:
The Macquarie Chest is an early 19th century wooden chest, with provenance traced to Newcastle, New South Wales, as well as to Governor Lachlan Macquarie. The Chest displays natural history specimens and contains twelve panels painted by convict artist Joseph Lycett, eight of the panels show views of Newcastle. The Chest was most likely completed in August 1818 and given to Governor Macquarie and Mrs Macquarie as a gift. The Chest was purchased by William Dixson in London in 1937. The Chest is p
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
19th century Australian artefact
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macquarie_Chest
date created:
date modified:
2024-01-19T19:01:49Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
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