[Scrapbook presented to Elizabeth King, 1847]
[Scrapbook presented to Elizabeth King, 1847]
About this item
Full title
Date
1847 - 1855 (dated by dates of inscriptions and autographs)
Call Numbers
PXA 889
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Manuscripts
Physical Description
Contents
Albums - 131 pages, gilt-edged. Binding broken ; 39.3 x 23.5 x 3 cm - 1 scrapbook with embossed cover
Textual Records - (typescript) Also includes typescript and photocopies of research notes
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Physical Access Conditions
Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
The scrapbook contains a number of drawings (both European and Australian), autographs, poems, silhouette portraits, and pasted-in prints. Many of the contributors are King family members.
p.9) Tahlee : pencil sketch
p.12) Entrance to Pt Stevens : wash drawing
p.26a) Tahlee 1840 : pen & watercolour site plan
p.26b) Tahlee Port Stephens...
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Scrapbook presented to Elizabeth King, 1847]
Notes
General note
Copies of family research on the scrapbook and its provenance, some compiled by Mary King, which identify signatures and scenes in it, are filed with the book.
Photocopies of notes identifying people mentioned in the scrapbook have been removed from it, and filed separately. They have been given the same page number as the item to which they re...
Signature / Inscriptions
Inscribed on page 1 "Elizabeth King from her affectionate Brother Charles McA King October 31st/47"
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased August 1999
Administrative / Biographical history
This scrapbook was presented by Charles McArthur King to his sister Elizabeth King in October 1847. Phillip Parker King of Gippsland, Victoria, gave it to Miss Dorothy Butler-Walsh who in turn gave it to Mary E. King (a grand-daughter of Charles McArthur King) in c.1967. The scrapbook appears to have then passed to the present vendor, who was also...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 889
Record Identifier
9gkdagr9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkdagr9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
404603
How to access this item
For use in the Library
Enquire with staff in the reading room or enquire online using Ask a Librarian.
For more information see How to use Special Collections.
