The image is only small measuring 103mm x 125mm and shows what was then St John's Catholic Church. The following year (1887) the Sisters of the Good Samaritan acquired the site and moved St Patrick's College into the building. The former church was transformed into a boarding school with two levels and dormitories (and a convent).

The artist, Albert Henry Fullwood (1863-1930) was an English artist who migrated to Sydney in 1883. He worked extensively for newspapers such as The Graphic, the Australian Town and Country Journal, the Bulletin, Illustrated Sydney News and the Sydney Mail. It was likely for one of these pulications that the engraving was executed. Fullwood associated and painted with prominent artists such as Frank Mahony, James Ashton, Tom Roberts and Arthur Streeton at their camp at Sirius Cove in Sydney. He also joined the Australian Imperial Force as an official war artist.

The print was acquired through Antique Print and Map Room in Ultimo.

Fran Musico Rullo (HSIE teacher) and Joanne Cavallin (College Archivist).