Burke and Wills Expedition / Samuel Thomas Gill
Burke and Wills Expedition / Samuel Thomas Gill
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1860-1861
Call Numbers
DGA 15
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Watercolours
Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - each image approx. 20.6 cm. x 33.2 cm. pasted onto backing card approx. 27.3 cm. x 47.8 cm.; largest image 21.6 cm. x 33.6 cm. - f.6 removed from backing and hinged into window mount - 10 watercolour drawings
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
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
[Spelling as on originals]
1. Bourk's Expidition starting from Royal Park Melbourne
2. Crossing Lodden Plains
3. Camp at Cooper's Creek
4. Pioneer party leaving Cooper's Creek
5. Crossing the Stoney Desert
6. Arrival at Carpentaria
7. Return to Coopers Ck
8. Death of Wills
9. Death of Bourke
10. Discovery of King with...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Burke and Wills Expedition / Samuel Thomas Gill
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Each except f.6 is signed "STG" or "S.T.G." in lower left hand corner of image; some signatures have been inked over. f.6 unsigned
All are titled in ink at lower right corner of image. On f.8 the painted title has been inked over
Numbered in pencil at top right corner of mount
Digital order no:Album ID : 823645
Date note
Dated from Burke & Wills expedition
Contextual Information
Exhibited in
- Faces of Australia: image, reality and the portrait.
- Blighted paradise : colonial visions of Northern Australia
State Library of New South Wales (25 May - 12 October, 1992). Applies to: f.8
Rockhampton Art Gallery (October 2001 - November 2001)
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DGA 15
Record Identifier
9WZMgEaY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9WZMgEaY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
447373
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