A glimpse of a Roman heaven, [ca.1868] / [attributed to Francis Newry]
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A glimpse of a Roman heaven, [ca.1868] / [attributed to Francis Newry]
A glimpse of a Roman heaven, [ca.1868] / [attributed to Francis Newry]
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[ca.1868]
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SV/139
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Drawings - 26 x 36 cm. - 1 pen, ink and watercolour
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Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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A glimpse of a Roman heaven, [ca.1868] / [attributed to Francis Newry]
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General note
Title written in pen beneath image.
This cartoon was made during the voyage of the Galatea to Australia in 1868.
In 1907 when David Scott Mitchell bequeathed his collection to the State Library of New South Wales (then known as the Public Library of New South Wales) to form the Mitchell Library, it included a small component of erotica, b...
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Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Transferred from Safe 3/14d in June 2007
Administrative / Biographical history
Sketcher and amateur photographer was born in Hanover Square, London. In 1867 Newry and the Hon. Eliot Yorke were chosen as companions to Prince Alfred for a round-the-world voyage in the Galatea. He seems not to have accompanied Prince Alfred on the Galatea's return visit to the Australian colonies in 1869. He succeeded his grandfather as third Ea...
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SV/139
Record Identifier
9WZMpkLY
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457336
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