THE POETICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM COWPER.
London, Published by William Tegg, 1857. 8vo. pp.xxiv + 695 and engraved plates by John Gilbert with tissue guards. Full red morocco, a.e.g.
An Association Copy. Item #195776
This is a presentation copy from 1864.
"Surry Hills Mutual Improvement Society.
Presented to Walter Newman by Thomas Cowlishaw.
An expression of satisfaction for improvement in Grammar and Arithmetic.
17th February 1864."
Thomas Cowlishaw and his wife arrived in Sydney on the Henri Porcher in July 1833. In 1842, Thomas Cowlishaw, a ratepayer and builder of Liverpool Street, had a five-room house for rent in Hutchinson Street, Surry Hills. By 1859, he was an architect at 23 Hutchinson Street. In 1863, he was living at Chadson Villa, Old South Head Road, Paddington.
On 8 February 1844, Cowlishaw was elected treasurer of the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts. For 17 years, he held the office of Lands Valuer for the Works Department. Cowlishaw was at the first meeting of the Society for the Relief of Destitute Children, chaired by George Allen in 1832. A founder of the Destitute Children’s Asylum at Randwick, he remained on the Board of Directors until his death. He became a devoted and active member of the Wesleyan Church and was superintendent of the Bourke Street Sunday School.
Price: $400.00