Isobel Bowden's floral diaries and Bowden family photographs, ca. 1865-1984
Isobel Bowden's floral diaries and Bowden family photographs, ca. 1865-1984
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Date
ca. 1865-1984
Call Numbers
PXA 1647 , PXD 1272
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Physical Description
Contents
24 sketchbooks (containing watercolours) - 27 x 37 cm. or smaller
588 photographic prints - 24 x 19 cm. or smaller - col., black and white
1 volume of textual material
1 album (12 photographic prints) - 8 x 13 cm.
5 maps - 32 x 22 cm. or smaller - manuscript
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Copyright status : In copyright - Life of artist plus 70 years
Copyright status : In copyright - Life of photographer plus 70 years
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Scope and Contents
Contents
PXA 1647
Box 1
12 numbered floral diaries dated 22 August 1961-19 February 1974. Diaries contain water colours of native flowers and plants with loose manuscript notes by Isobel Bowden
Box 2
Contains a further 9 numbered floral diaries dated 5 February 1974-1981 along with 3 other unnumbered and undated floral diaries and a volume i...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Isobel Bowden's floral diaries and Bowden family photographs, ca. 1865-1984
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.5763 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13
Signature / Inscriptions
Many photographs captioned by donor
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Isobel Bowden, 21 November 1984
Pic.Acc.5763
Administrative / Biographical history
Isobel Kendall Bowden, conservationist, teacher and author, was born at Woodford, NSW, in 1908, second daughter of Federal Parliamentarian and Minister for Defence, Eric Kendall Bowden, and his wife Reinette, nee Murphy. Miss Bowden spent most of her life in the Blue Mountains where she developed an abiding interest in local and natural history and...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 1647 , PXD 1272
Record Identifier
YEGmlyyn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YEGmlyyn
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Reference code
412081
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