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Item 06: [Lagoon scene, ca. 1920s] / by B.E. Minns

Item 06: [Lagoon scene, ca. 1920s] / by B.E. Minns

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

Item 06: [Lagoon scene, ca. 1920s] / by B.E. Minns

About this item

Full title

Item 06: [Lagoon scene, ca. 1920s] / by B.E. Minns

Date

ca. 1920s

Call Numbers

SV/278

Record Identifier

9arpyPEn

Reference Code

1025631

Formats

Physical Description

Contents

1 drawing - 27.9 x 38.8 cm - watercolour

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Item

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

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

Scene depicts a lagoon and shore in the foreground, with several houses and trees in the midground and hill in the background.

Alternative Titles

Full title

Item 06: [Lagoon scene, ca. 1920s] / by B.E. Minns

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Artists

Notes

General note

Digital order no:a8004001

Signature / Inscriptions

Signed lower left

Contextual Information

Administrative / Biographical history

Benjamin Edwin Minns, (1864-1937), born in Dungog, NSW was introduced to art by the young Charles Conder, with whom he shared rooms in Sydney in the 1880s. Minns soon developed a successful career as the first significant freelance Bulletin cartoonist. He is also known for his sensitive watercolours.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

SV/278

Record Identifier

9arpyPEn

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

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Reference code

1025631

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