David Scott Mitchell : album of drawings and ephemera, ca. 1868-1892
David Scott Mitchell : album of drawings and ephemera, ca. 1868-1892
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1868, 1879-1880, 1886, 1888, 1892
Call Numbers
MLMSS 379/Box 4
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
Albums - 18.6 x 11.3 cm. - 1 album containing 68 drawings (watercolour - pen - ink - crayon)
Ephemera
Other Descriptions
Level of description
File
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
ALBUM
1. Album of drawings that mainly depicts domestic scenes, courtship, and recreational pastimes (such as croquet, card playing, cricket). Also includes illustrations of characters based on Edward Lear's nonsense tales and poems, and two drawings in a photographic studio. Handwritten inscription on the front cover, "March 19th: 1868 / 'Mutum...
Alternative Titles
Full title
David Scott Mitchell : album of drawings and ephemera, ca. 1868-1892
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
The album drawings are not signed.
Most drawings are pasted into the album. Some drawings have captions.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 379/Box 4
Record Identifier
YEGm4ZNn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YEGm4ZNn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
433279
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