Lot 456

Description

Sydney International Exhibition, M.D.CCC LXXIX (1879), in bronze (76mm), by J.S. & A.B.Wyon, reverse inscribed, 'Award of Merit/To/D.B.Carvosso/Exhibit/Durham Bull/1 year old.' A few small edge marks, otherwise extremely fine.

Although D.B.Carvosso exhibited Durham bulls at the Sydney International Exhibition, he was actually a maritime Captain. After the exhibition he sold some of his Durham bulls. David Banks Carvosso was born in 1834. He was the son of Benjamin Carvosso and Deborah Banks. A Master Mariner who captained his first ship, the Dunbar Castle in 1871-73, then the Hogue 1874-76, the Hawkesbury 1876-81, the Illawarra 1881-87, and the Melbourne in 1897. He married in 1878 and owned a house in Stanmore, Sydney, NSW although his wife Stephanie frequently accompanied him on his trips. In 1885 he purchased a 2.82 hectares block of land at Eastwood however he never developed it and it was sold in 1901 after he retired. He passed away in ill health in 1903 from self administered morphine poisoning at the age of 70 at his home at Marrickville, Sydney, NSW.