Item 01: Jane Eliza Currie sketchbooks, 1818-1863
Item 01: Jane Eliza Currie sketchbooks, 1818-1863
About this item
Full title
Date
1818-1863
Call Numbers
A 2887/Item 1
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Physical Description
Contents
0.05 metres of textual material (2 volumes)
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Level of description
Item
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Rights and Restrictions Information : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Microfilm : From microfilm
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
VOLUME 1
Five small sepia paintings of Port Macquarie, River Hastings, Careening Bay, Cambridge Gulf, and Port Essington; pencil sketches of rural cottages, trees, ships and vessels; various buildings and landscapes on the Isle of Wight; face and profile of young woman; various doodles.
VOLUME 2
Pencil sketch 'View of Cockburn Sound fr...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Item 01: Jane Eliza Currie sketchbooks, 1818-1863
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Microfilm copy available at CY 2498, frames 4-39
Signature / Inscriptions
Volume 1 inscribed inside cover 'Jane Wood, 11th July 1818', page 20 'M. R. Macrae 12.2.44'
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Jane Eliza Currie nee Wood, born in England, was a miniature and watercolour painter. Currie arrived at the Swan River Colony on the Parmelia on 1 June 1829, and first lived on Garden Island before moving to Matilda Bay on 1 June 1830, where her husband Captain Currie had selected part of his 12,200 acre grant. While living in Western Australia Jan...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
A 2887/Item 1
Record Identifier
YRlZQeqn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlZQeqn
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Reference code
1347146
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