Item 06: Natural history and botanical drawings, ca. 1849-1872 / [attributed to Louisa Atkinson]
Item 06: Natural history and botanical drawings, ca. 1849-1872 / [attributed to Louisa Atkinson]
Item 06: Natural history and botanical drawings, ca. 1849-1872 / [attributed to Louisa Atkinson]
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1849-1872
Call Numbers
PX*D 640
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Drawings and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
60 drawings - pencil, ink, wash, and watercolour drawings
3 photographs
Other Descriptions
Level of description
File
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
The collection includes views of Oldbury, Sutton Forest, Mount Keira coal mines, studies of Australian animals and birds, and botanical drawings.
Views
1. Oldbury Mill. "Emily' is written in pencil on lower right.
2. View of Oldbury from Dairy Hill [Mt Gingenbullen]
3. Casuarina stricta Concord. Augst llth.
4. [Rocky waterhole]
Alternative Titles
Full title
Item 06: Natural history and botanical drawings, ca. 1849-1872 / [attributed to Louisa Atkinson]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
The works are not signed.
Some titles have been given by the donor.
For information on Louisa Atkinson, complied by the donor, see PXn 836.
See also Louisa Atkinson papers at A 4496 - A 4497 (CY 1907), PXA 4498, and PXA 4499 - PXA 4501 (CY 1937 - CY 1938).
Digital order no:Album ID : 1038190
Signature / Inscriptions
Most of the drawings are titled by the artist.
Attributions / Conjectures
Attributed to the artist from information supplied by the donor and comparison with other works of Louisa Atkinson held in the Mitchell Library.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Miss Janet Cosh, the granddaughter of Louisa Atkinson, May 1989
Pic.Acc.4928
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PX*D 640
Record Identifier
9PQ8wqen
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9PQ8wqen
Other Identifiers
Reference code
446170
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