[Sir Thomas Mitchell sketches and watercolours of New South Wales, 1830-1855? / drawn by Sir T. L. M...
[Sir Thomas Mitchell sketches and watercolours of New South Wales, 1830-1855? / drawn by Sir T. L. M...
[Sir Thomas Mitchell sketches and watercolours of New South Wales, 1830-1855? / drawn by Sir T. L. Mitchell]
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Author / Creator
Date
[1830-1855?]
Call Numbers
DL PXX 20
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Physical Description
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11 drawings - 27 x 38 cm. or smaller - pencil or ink
6 watercolours - 27 x 38 cm. or smaller
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Contents
Comprises 9 pencil drawings, 2 ink drawings, and 6 watercolours:
f. 1. [Victoria Pass]. `T.L.M. 31 July 1830'. Written beneath sketch `New line cleared of trees 31st July 1830'
f. 2. [Victoria Pass]
f. 3. [Victoria Pass]
f. 4. [Victoria Pass]
f. 5. [Bones in reccia] from the surface forming part of the hill over the caves, Wellin...
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Full title
[Sir Thomas Mitchell sketches and watercolours of New South Wales, 1830-1855? / drawn by Sir T. L. Mitchell]
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Three of the drawings are signed, two are dated and five are titled
Dates for the `Victoria Pass' sketches are estimated from the time Mitchell was superintending the building of the Pass. The geological sketches are dated from the account of the geological survey in his `Three expeditions', Lond. : T&W Boone, 1839 (ML 981/2B2)
Digital order no:Album ID : 872494...
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Administrative / Biographical history
Sir Thomas Mitchell (1792-1855) served as a volunteer in the Peninsular War and in 1814 was selected to produce plans of the major battlefields. He was promoted major in 1826 and appointed surveyor-general of New South Wales in 1828. Between 1831 and 1846 he made four exploring expeditions into the interior of Australia. He was knighted in 1839 and...
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Call Numbers
DL PXX 20
Record Identifier
9arpaoOn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9arpaoOn
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Reference code
457908
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