Life on the diggings, 1851-1854 / Charlie Abbold
Life on the diggings, 1851-1854 / Charlie Abbold
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1851-1854
Call Numbers
DL PX 54
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
20 drawings (1 volume) - various sizes - ink
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
Issue Copy
Copy print : DL PX 54
Available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room
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Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -
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Scope and Contents
Contents
f.1 The Hon. Adolphus Augustus Fitzfiggings as he appeared on the poop of the Ship Fortune Seeker
f.2 Tom Jones as he appeared having a yarn with the Sailors on bord the Ship Fortune Seeker
f.3 Ton [sic] Jones - as he appeared Six months after his arrival in the Colony
f.4 Disinterested Storekeeper exhibits a half pound nugget to New Chums...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Life on the diggings, 1851-1854 / Charlie Abbold
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no: Album ID : 1184276
Signature / Inscriptions
None of the drawings is signed or dated. There is an illuminated title page showing a mining scene and the following title, 'Life on the diggings, designed and etched by Charlie Abbold'. There is an inscription in upper right corner reading, 'W.J. Rice Bendigo 1854' which dates the drawings, probably of Bendigo, between 1851, when gold was discover...
Description source
Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DL PX 54
Record Identifier
1wN2aepn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1wN2aepn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
826144
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