Series 02: Flora of New South Wales, ca. 1790s
Series 02: Flora of New South Wales, ca. 1790s
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1790-1795
Call Numbers
SAFE/DL PXX 1
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
4 drawings - 54.7 x 37.9 cm or smaller - ink, watercolour
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Level of description
Series
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
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Digitised
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Scope and Contents
Contents
f.1 Cumberland Tree.
Unsigned. Undated. Titled, with mss. notes, along lower edge of the page. Around the drawing of the tree there are six studies of flower parts.
37.7 x 27.1 cm
[Previously f. 39]
f.2 Orchid inscribed `A Species of Orchis found growing in vast quantities on the sheep downs between Pitt Water and the Sea, by Lieut...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Series 02: Flora of New South Wales, ca. 1790s
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Bookplate of Sir William Dixson
An additional listing of the identification of plants in `Flora of Norfolk Island' compiled by Owen Evans of the Norfolk Island Fauna and Flora Society in 1970 is available at PXn 196.
Orchids possibly drawn by William Dawes.
Digital order no:Album ID : 1063939
Conservation note
Drawings removed from album, April 2013. Album filed separately.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/DL PXX 1
Record Identifier
92eVeybY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eVeybY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1063935
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