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Sketches of Melbourne, 1879 to 1888 / by Charles S. Bennett

Sketches of Melbourne, 1879 to 1888 / by Charles S. Bennett

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Sketches of Melbourne, 1879 to 1888 / by Charles S. Bennett

About this item

Full title

Sketches of Melbourne, 1879 to 1888 / by Charles S. Bennett

Date

1879-1888

Call Numbers

DL PX 50

Record Identifier

1wN2WZjn

Reference Code

900569

Formats

Physical Description

Contents

64 drawings - pen and ink, 31 with watercolour added

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955

Please acknowledge : Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

A few of the views are of places in Victoria other than Melbourne, and one is of Albury, N.S.W.

DL PX 50

1 Flag Staff Hill
2 Prince's Bridge
3 River Yarra, near Prince's Bridge
4 Bath's Corner River Yarra
5 A Souvenir of the Emlbourne "Blacks", A Canoe tree near Princes Bridge
6 Flood marked Tree, Princes Bridge
7 Ca...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Sketches of Melbourne, 1879 to 1888 / by Charles S. Bennett

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Half-bound in green crushed morocco.

Title from spine.

Two typed contents lists, one prepared by Sir William Dixson and the other in the Dixson Library, are roughly attached at the beginning of volume.

On verso of front endpaper Sir William Dixson has written in ink 'These pictures were obtained in one lot in 1903. The artist...

Description source

Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

Contextual Information

Source

Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Spencer List number: 12P

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

DL PX 50

Record Identifier

1wN2WZjn

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1wN2WZjn

Other Identifiers

Reference code

900569

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