'Manuscript sketch of the life of William Westall, 1781-1850, by Robert Westall, Feby 1850: transcri...
'Manuscript sketch of the life of William Westall, 1781-1850, by Robert Westall, Feby 1850: transcript' by Rex Rienits ca. 1957
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ca. 1957
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B 1548
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Manuscripts, Pictures and Drawings
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1 volume of textual material - manuscript & carbon typescript
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The sketch is a draft later published in shortened form in the Art Journal, 1850, here transcribed by Rex Rientis, with notes on deletions in original manuscript. Includes William Westall's voyage to Australia as landscape draftsman with Flinders in the Investigator, the shipwreck off the Great Barrier Reef during the journey home on H.M.S. Porpois...
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'Manuscript sketch of the life of William Westall, 1781-1850, by Robert Westall, Feby 1850: transcript' by Rex Rienits ca. 1957
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Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-99A) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
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B 1548
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YRlZRy3n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlZRy3n
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931411
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