Natives of Portland Bay district N.S.W., 1843 ; Views chiefly in Van Diemen's Land, ca. 1843-1850 [a...
Natives of Portland Bay district N.S.W., 1843 ; Views chiefly in Van Diemen's Land, ca. 1843-1850 [a...
Natives of Portland Bay district N.S.W., 1843 ; Views chiefly in Van Diemen's Land, ca. 1843-1850 [album of sketches]
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1843-1850
Call Numbers
PXB 834
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
Albums - 23 x 20 cm. - 1 album (76 pencil drawings and 1 pen & ink sketch)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
This album comprises seventy-seven sketches. The description below is transcribed from a listing in the artist's hand, pasted in the front of the album. The list is titled: Natives of Portland Bay district N.S.W. - 1843. Numbers 1-36 are thirty-four portraits of Aborigines of the Portland Bay district, N.S.W. (now Victoria) and two drawings of Abor...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Natives of Portland Bay district N.S.W., 1843 ; Views chiefly in Van Diemen's Land, ca. 1843-1850 [album of sketches]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Typescript describing the album -- pasted inside front cover [information from Francis Edwards Ltd., 25/7/38]
Digital order no:Album ID : 823471
Description source
Numbers 69-77 titled on or below image
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Francis Edwards Ltd., Booksellers, London, 1938
Transferred from B 834, 1974
Administrative / Biographical history
Two of the drawings, numbers 74-75, are initialled "TW". T. W. was possibly the Hobart merchant Thomas Le Mesurier Winter. Winter was involved in financing a sheep station in the Portland Bay district of Victoria from 1843 to 1845, and visited the area in the winter of 1843. For further details see the entry for: W., T. sketcher, in: The Dictionary...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXB 834
Record Identifier
YRlZv4mn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlZv4mn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
446629
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