Sub-series 09: [James Stuart natural history drawings, ca. 1831-1867, 1895]
Sub-series 09: [James Stuart natural history drawings, ca. 1831-1867, 1895]
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ca.1831-1867, 1895
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Drawings
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This collection comprises 12 record series. You may navigate to a more detailed description of each series from this record.
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Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Watercolour and pencil drawings of Australian animals.
Volume 01: Natural history drawings, mainly of birds, ca. 1832-1840, 1895 / by James Stuart
PXD 129/1-26
Volume 02: Natural history drawings of birds, ca. 1839 / by James Stuart
PXD 130/27-42
Volume 03: Natural history drawings, mainly of birds, ca. 1832-1841 / by Jam...
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Sub-series 09: [James Stuart natural history drawings, ca. 1831-1867, 1895]
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Author / Creator
Contextual Information
Source
Deposited by the Linnean Society of New South Wales on permanent loan in 1970. Subsequently presented to the Mitchell Library in 1993.
Collection history
These drawings were bequeathed to William Sharp Macleay and later passed into the possession of his brother George who presented them to Sir William Macleay in 1887 who then handed them over to the Linnean Society of New South Wales.
Reference:
Library correspondence file
Administrative / Biographical history
James Stuart, born in Ireland, was a natural history painter and surgeon who arrived in Sydney in 1834. From 1838 to 1840 Stuart was assistant surgeon on Norfolk Island and by 1841 he was the acting medical officer in charge of the Quarantine Ground at North Head, Sydney. Many of his drawings are of local Sydney and Norfolk Island wildlife.
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9Na6AZ5Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Na6AZ5Y
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457610
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