Series 01: Sketchbooks used in Italy and Germany, 1835-1852 / by Eugene von Guerard
Series 01: Sketchbooks used in Italy and Germany, 1835-1852 / by Eugene von Guerard
About this item
Full title
Date
1835-1852
Call Numbers
DGB 14
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
8 sketchbooks - various sizes, 14.5 x 9.5 cm - 14 x 24 cm - ink, pencil and wash drawings on both sides of paper
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Series
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 680 (DGB 14/vols. 1-6)
Microfilm : CY 626 (DGB 14/vol. 7)
Microfilm : CY 4138, frames 1-85 (DGB 14/vol. 8)
Finding aids
Contents list compiled by Edward Comstock in 1970 available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room at PXn 571 -
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Volume 01
Sketchbook V, Naples, Salerno, 1835 / by Eugene von Guerard
40 leaves numbered by von Guerard
Call Number: DGB 14/vol. 1
Volume 02
Sketchbook X, Naples, 1838 / by Eugene von Guerard
33 leaves numbering by von Guerard (irregular)
Call Number: DGB 14/vol. 2
Volume 03
Sketchbook XI, Rome, Spoleto Apennines,...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Series 01: Sketchbooks used in Italy and Germany, 1835-1852 / by Eugene von Guerard
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
The sketchbook includes many inscriptions throughout of titles, dates, and notes by the artist. There are also personal memoranda on the back endpapers, and the artist's signature on front and back endpapers. On f.43 is a later pencil inscription "To E...? / from / E...? B...? / grandaughter / to von Guerard"
Sketches are chiefly titled, and dated.
Description source
Information transferred from Mitchell Library Pictures Card Catalogue and Contents list at DGB 14/vols. 1-7 in 2007
Contextual Information
Source
DGB 14/vols. 1-7
Purchased from Clune Galleries, July 1970
DG Pic.Acc.109
DGB 14/vol. 8
Purchased from Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, September 1998
In October 1970, 30 sketchbooks by von Guerard were purchased for the Dixson Galleries collection, from the Clune Galleries, Sydney. (Z DGB 14-16). The earliest dates from 1835...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DGB 14
Record Identifier
1kVEd2pn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1kVEd2pn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
458014
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