[Sketchbook of views of Bass Strait, Sydney, Sydney Harbour, Coogee, Manly, Grafton, and the Clarenc...
[Sketchbook of views of Bass Strait, Sydney, Sydney Harbour, Coogee, Manly, Grafton, and the Clarence River, 1869 / possibly by James Francis Turner or Mary Turner]
About this item
Full title
Date
1869
Call Numbers
PXB 476
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 sketchbook - 14.0 x 25.5 cm - watercolour and pencil
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Scope and Contents
Contents
A leather-bound sketchbook containing thirteen watercolour, pencil and watercolour, and pencil drawings, mostly double-page:
1. [Sugarloaf, Devils Rock, and Curtis Isd. [i.e. Island], Bass Strait]
2. Rocks & Islands seen in Basses Straits, Augst. 8 - pencil and watercolour view of Kents Group and Judgement Rocks
3. [Preliminary coasta...
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Sketchbook of views of Bass Strait, Sydney, Sydney Harbour, Coogee, Manly, Grafton, and the Clarence River, 1869 / possibly by James Francis Turner or Mary Turner]
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Inside front cover contains manufacturers label 'Winsor & Newton, Manufacturing Artists' Colourmen, to Her Majesty & H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 38, Rathbone Place, London, W.'
Description source
Most sketches titled and dated
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books, November 2010
Administrative / Biographical history
James Francis Turner (1829-1893), an Anglican bishop, was born at Yarmouth, England in 1829. He was nominated to the see of Grafton and Armidale, N.S.W. and was consecrated in Westminster Abbey in February 1869. Accompanied by his wife Mary (nee Sorsbie) and the Rev. F. Farrer, he arrived in Sydney on board the 'Commissary' on 13 August 1869 and...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXB 476
Record Identifier
YRlZmmln
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlZmmln
Other Identifiers
Reference code
913334
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