Item 4: Sketchbook comprising mainly natural history drawings / Louisa Calvert (nee Atkinson)
Item 4: Sketchbook comprising mainly natural history drawings / Louisa Calvert (nee Atkinson)
Item 4: Sketchbook comprising mainly natural history drawings / Louisa Calvert (nee Atkinson)
About this item
Full title
Date
1855-1872
Call Numbers
PXA 4499
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 sketchbook (180 pages) - 27.7 x 19.2 x 1.3 cm - quarter bound on marbled boards, and with marbled edges
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Item
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright
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Physical Access Conditions
Access to this collection via appointment only. For access to this collection, enquire with staff in the reading room or enquire online using Ask a Librarian
Issue Copy
Partly Digitised : 10 pages only selected for digitisation
Microfilm : CY 1937, frames 1-98
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Sketchbook comprises bird drawings, botanical studies, insect studies, a fine drawing of a lobster, drawings of Atkinson's family home at Oldbury, near Sutton Forrest, and copies of European art works. The majority of the drawings are in watercolour, but there are also a number of pen and ink drawings.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Item 4: Sketchbook comprising mainly natural history drawings / Louisa Calvert (nee Atkinson)
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 982612
Signature / Inscriptions
Inscribed on fly leaf in pencil "Louisa Snowden A. Calvert."
Many of the drawings are annotated
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Miss Janet Cosh, Nov 1961
Exhibited in
- The work of art - Australian women writers and artists
State Library of New South Wales (14 August, 1995 - 11 February, 1996)
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 4499
Record Identifier
1Dr4xKE9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1Dr4xKE9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
80389
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