Drawings of bird's eggs to illustrate a proposed work on oology by E. P. Ramsay with other natural h...
Drawings of bird's eggs to illustrate a proposed work on oology by E. P. Ramsay with other natural h...
Drawings of bird's eggs to illustrate a proposed work on oology by E. P. Ramsay with other natural history drawings by Helena Scott and Harriet Scott
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
approximately 1861-1867
Call Numbers
PXA 21
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Drawings and Watercolours
Physical Description
Contents
1 album - 39.2 x 31.7 cm - 122 drawings (7 pencil, 3 ink, 112 watercolour), 2 lithographs
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Artwork intended for title page with inscription, 'Australian Oology by E. P. Ramsay'; drawings of eggs (birds and other animals), nests, land shells, birds, botanical drawings, entomological subjects (catepillars, moths, butterflies), fish, frogs, and snakes.
f.1. Title page of the proposed work.
f.2-86. Birds eggs (one is a lithograph)....
Alternative Titles
Full title
Drawings of bird's eggs to illustrate a proposed work on oology by E. P. Ramsay with other natural history drawings by Helena Scott and Harriet Scott
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 823401...
Signature / Inscriptions
Drawings are identified in pencil on reverse of image.
Most drawings are signed.
Six drawings are dated 1861 and two are dated 1867.
Eight drawings are identified with "Ash Island".
No. 86 is inscribed, "Ibis 1867 Pl. IX / Harriet Scott del. De Gruchy & Leigh, imp."
No. 87 bears printed text, "From Nature & on Stone by Harriet Scott,...
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from J.S.P. Ramsay, September 1962.
Exhibited in
- The work of art - Australian women writers and artists
- Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection
State Library of New South Wales (14 August, 1995 - 11 February, 1996). Applies to: Nos. 13, 23, 24, 29, 30, 48, 50, 54, 66-68, 77.
State Library of New South Wales (April 2005 - June 2006)
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 21
Record Identifier
93QVZM41
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/93QVZM41
Other Identifiers
Reference code
430795
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