The `Mitchell' Bonington, 1924 by Blamire Young
The `Mitchell' Bonington, 1924 by Blamire Young
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Author / Creator
Date
February 1924
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7859
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Physical Description
Contents
0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder)
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Fonds
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Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 4921, frames 183 - 195
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Scope and Contents
Contents
This ten page manuscript is similar to a final draft for Blamire Young's article on a small water colour which he saw at the Mitchell Library in 1910, and then re-visited in 1923 when compiling the article. Young attributes the watercolour `Scene on the coast of France', now at ML 117, to Richard Parkes Bonington on stylistic grounds.
Alternative Titles
Full title
The `Mitchell' Bonington, 1924 by Blamire Young
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Inscription on page 10 `Mooreoolbark, Vic'
Date note
`Feb. 1924'
Published information
A similar copy of this manuscript article was published in the journal Art in Australia. Series 3, no. 8 (June 1924), Sydney, N.S.W. : S.U. Smith, B. Stevens and C.L. Jones.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers, March 2008
Administrative / Biographical history
Blamire Young was an artist, born on 9 August 1862 at Londesborough, Yorkshire. He was recognised as one of the leading artists in water colour in Australia. He exhibited with the Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Institute of Painters in water colours and other groups. Young was a prolific writer and critic. He was a...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7859
Record Identifier
9gkdj8v9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkdj8v9
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Reference code
840492
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