Billy Blue, "The Old Commodore", 1834 / drawn and printed by C. Rodius
Billy Blue, "The Old Commodore", 1834 / drawn and printed by C. Rodius
Billy Blue, "The Old Commodore", 1834 / drawn and printed by C. Rodius
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1834
Call Numbers
DL Pd 17
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
Prints - 1 copper engraving -- plate mark 22.4 x 17.6 cm., on sheet 30 x 18.4 cm (trimmed unevenly)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Alternative Titles
Full title
Billy Blue, "The Old Commodore", 1834 / drawn and printed by C. Rodius
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Title below image.
Subject is shown full length.
Pencil notes, in an unknown hand, (possibly Sir William Dixson) on the back give further details about Billy Blue.
Image is the same size as DL Pe 4, but plate size differs.
"That talented draftsman, Mr Rodius, has completed a most excellent picture of ... Billy Blue ... It is a copper p...
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed on plate "C. Rodius 1834".
"The original grantee Blue's Point North Shore" -- in pencil, in an unknown hand, below title.
"[From?] original by Chas Rodius (1834)" -- in pencil on back, "possibly in Sir W[illiam] D[ixson]'s hand" -- cat. card
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DL Pd 17
Record Identifier
YRlZLkqn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlZLkqn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
457809
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