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[Minnie Strachan - scrapbook]

[Minnie Strachan - scrapbook]

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9NaE4MWY

[Minnie Strachan - scrapbook]

About this item

Full title

[Minnie Strachan - scrapbook]

Date

ca. 1872 [dated from dated poems in scrapbook]

Call Numbers

PXA 570

Record Identifier

9NaE4MWY

Reference Code

52145

Formats

Physical Description

Contents

Albums - 30.2 x 24 cm. - 1 scrapbook comprising 89 leaves with pencil drawings, prints, autographs, handwritten poems, dried plants : 6 loose sheets comprising pencil drawings and gouache drawings.

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Physical Access Conditions

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Scrapbook comprises mainly prints and pencil drawings of European portraits, flora and printed religous ephemera.
3 pencil drawings have New South Wales content: "The Kirk Bathurst" (p.55) -- "Scene from nature near Westbourne" (p.63) -- "Westbourne" (p.77)

Alternative Titles

Full title

[Minnie Strachan - scrapbook]

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

"The Kirk, Bathurst" identified as St. Stephens Presbyterian Church, Bathurst cf. John Waugh, St. Stephen's Bathurst 1832-1932, 1932, opp. p.16 ML REF. 285.1/W MITCHELL LIBRARY.

Signature / Inscriptions

"A Token of Remembrance - To Miss Minnie Strachan from her affectionate friend Mrs J Rutherford" -- front end paper
2 pencil drawings, 1 loose and 1 tipped into scrapbook at f.77, are signed "M. Strachan"

Contextual Information

Source

Purchased in 1992 with the assistance of the State Library of New South Wales Foundation

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

PXA 570

Record Identifier

9NaE4MWY

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9NaE4MWY

Other Identifiers

Reference code

52145

How to access this item

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