The Drawings of Edward Charles Close Esqre H.M. 48th Reg.t
The Drawings of Edward Charles Close Esqre H.M. 48th Reg.t
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
c. 1820
Call Numbers
PXE 868
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Formats
Physical Description
Contents
Albums - Drawings 23 x 33 cm or less; album 37.8 x 32.5 x 4 cm - Album digitised Dec. 2001. Drawings removed from the original album and separately mounted and rebound June 2003. The original album and pages are filed separately. - 1 early twentieth century album, containing 37 watercolour and penci...
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Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1. L'Amabilite -- sepia wash drawing, probably copy of a print; 33.7 x 23.7 cm
2. [The Escoriel (Spain) -- watercolour; 15 x 20.7 cm - removed from collection and returned to vendor]
3. Spain -- watercolour -- watercolour; 14.5 x 21.2 cm
4. [Untitled - couple by waterfall] -- watercolour; 19.2 x 14.4 cm
5. Spanish peasants - sketche...
Alternative Titles
Full title
The Drawings of Edward Charles Close Esqre H.M. 48th Reg.t
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 852861...
Signature / Inscriptions
Titled from old label on spine of box
Inscribed on front end paper "Dorothy Campbell Close / From her cousin[?] & godmother / 1919 Marianne Treherne"
Pasted onto front endpaper is a label "The Paintings and sketches of / Edward Charles Close Esqre H.M. 48th Reg.t / His gift to his only daughter Marrianne Collison Close / Morpeth February 17th...
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from a Close family descendant, Nov 2001
Administrative / Biographical history
Edward Charles Close, who arrived in NSW in 1817 with the 48th Regiment, was transferred to Newcastle in the early 1820s to supervise engineering works there. He resigned from the army in late 1822 to settle on his land grant, Illulaung, near Morpeth where he lived till his death in 1866 -- Reference:
Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol.1.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 868
Record Identifier
1xqZARkY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1xqZARkY
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Reference code
414069
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