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A View of J. Barton Hack Esqr's Farm, Echiunga (sic) Springs Mount Barker, South Australia. [PRG 50/37/7] • Artwork

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Summary

Colour tinted lithograph of J. Barton Hack Esqr's farm at Echunga Springs, Mount Barker. Drawn by artist J. Hitchen from an original drawing by Governor George Gawler. The artwork features a white house and barn, with smaller buildings or dwellings accross the valley. Cattle is fenced in paddocks around the house and more buildings beyond. The artwork suggests there has been a degree of land clearing and fencing in this area, although some remaining natural bushland is represented. The landscape appears very lush and green. There is a small hut in the left foreground.

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Physical description

Artwork (print)
lithograph
26.8 cm x 36.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

n.d.

Artist

Hitchen, J.C

Subject

Hack, John Barton, 1805-1884
Pioneers -- South Australia
Dwellings -- South Australia
Art -- South Australia
Architecture, Domestic
Echunga (S.A.)

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Formatted content

Secondary inscription; 'From a sketch by Col. Gawler.'
Secondary inscription; 'Drawn on stone and printed by J. Hitchen, 8 Penton Place, Walworth.' (bottom left).
Secondary inscription; 'Published by J.C. Hailes, 104 Leadenhall Street.' (bottom centre).

Historical information

John Barton Hack came to South Australia in 1837 and established himself as a farmer and merchant. Hack was a Quaker and gave the land on which the Friends' meeting house was eventually erected, in Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide. On his property at Echunga he planted some of the first vines in South Australia. He was a generous man, paying high wages to his employees and allowing generous credit to those he dealt with in business. Hack made and lost several fortunes through farming, shipping, and prospecting on the Victorian goldfields. His losses and ill health forced him to join the railways in 1870, becoming controller of railway accounts in 1879. He died in 1884.

Digitisation information

Date

17/12/2009

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,853 x 4,585 pixels (26.8 MP)

Size

80.54 MB

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