Album of drawings and photographs, including watercolour views of St Heliers, Muswellbrook, N.S.W.,...
Album of drawings and photographs, including watercolour views of St Heliers, Muswellbrook, N.S.W.,...
Album of drawings and photographs, including watercolour views of St Heliers, Muswellbrook, N.S.W., ca. 1830-1860 / drawings chiefly by Christiana Susan Dumaresq and photographs attributed to Matthew Fortescue Moresby
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1830-1860
Call Numbers
PXB 482
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Drawings and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
9 watercolours
11 drawings - pencil
15 photographs - mainly albumen
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
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Physical Access Conditions
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Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Comprises an album (approx. 20.0 x 27.0 x 2.0 cm) containing 11 pencil sketches and 9 watercolours, ca. 1830-1850, and 15 photographic prints by Matthew Fortescue Moresby, ca. 1856-1860 (mostly albumen, possibly some of prints are salt prints)
1. The room with the Portrait! - a loose pencil sketch showing a man entering a room with a portrai...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Album of drawings and photographs, including watercolour views of St Heliers, Muswellbrook, N.S.W., ca. 1830-1860 / drawings chiefly by Christiana Susan Dumaresq and photographs attributed to Matthew Fortescue Moresby
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 1161451
Signature / Inscriptions
Front fly leaf inscribed in ink 'Christiana Susan Dumaresq, 13th October 1830'
Attributions / Conjectures
Items 4 to 7 attributed to Christiana Susan Dumaresq by Bonhams. Items 16 and 17 are in a different style to the views of St Heliers and attributed by Bonhams as possibly being by one of her daughters.
Items 18 and 19 titled, dated and attributed to circle of Conrad Martens by Bonhams.
All photographs dated and attributed to Matthew...
Conservation note
Some photographs are faded
Description source
Some drawings titled and dated
Object History
By descent through the family of Rear Admiral John Saumarez Dumaresq CB, CVO (1873-1922), grandson of the artist.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Bonhams, Travel and Exploration, Sale 17849, 15 September 2010, Lot 16
Administrative / Biographical history
Christiana Susan Dumaresq (nee McLeay) (d. 1868) was the second daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth McLeay. Alexander McLeay was appointed Colonial Secretary of N.S.W. in June 1825, arriving with his family in Sydney in January 1826. Christiana married William John Dumaresq (1793-1868) in Sydney on 15 October 1830. They had two sons and two daughte...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXB 482
Record Identifier
1xqZPdAY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1xqZPdAY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
913067
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