Item 2: Sketches of Sydney and Singapore / Rebecca S. Hall
Item 2: Sketches of Sydney and Singapore / Rebecca S. Hall
About this item
Full title
Date
between 1840-1864
Call Numbers
PXA 4459
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Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 album (29 drawings) - 19.5 x 26.6 cm - pencil, watercolour
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Out of copyright
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Issue Copy
Copy print : PXA 4459
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Included is one pencil sketch presented to John Vine Hall by a Mrs. Stratford, in 1864. Typed label on cover of sketchbook gives some information on the artist and her husband, and states that comments of approval on some of the sketches apparently made by John Vine Hall. Gold lettering on cover of sketchbook reads 'I.V.H.' the remainder of the nam...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Item 2: Sketches of Sydney and Singapore / Rebecca S. Hall
Variant title
'Untitled': Title devised by cataloguer.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Five are signed 'R.S. Hall' or 'RSH', eight are dated and twenty are titled.
Description source
Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009
Label affixed to cover: These sketches were evidently made by the wife of Captain John Vine Hall. Her name was Rebecca and she accompanied here husband on a voyage to Sydney in the "Black Nymph" -- 300 tons -- in 1841. He was Captain and part owner. Singapore was visited on the return voyage.
Comments of approval on some of the sketches were ev...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 4459
Record Identifier
9NaAybmY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9NaAybmY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
843915
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