Sketches, 1840-1848 / John Skinner Prout
Sketches, 1840-1848 / John Skinner Prout
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1840-1848
Call Numbers
DL PX 49
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
9 drawings - various sizes - pencil
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
Copy print : DL PX 49
Available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
The scenes are mostly of places around Sydney, but there are some in Tasmania and the Illawarra.
f.1 Bondi - N.S.W
f.2 Quarantine Burying Ground Port Jackson
f.3 On the Nieve [ sic ] at Marlbro V.D.L.
f.4 Mount Kembla Illawarra
f.5 Pick'd up at a picnic Oyster Bay Sydney, Nov - 4 - 46
f.6 [Bottle & Glass from Vaucluse]
f.7...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Sketches, 1840-1848 / John Skinner Prout
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
All the sketches are signed 'J.S. Prout' or 'J.S.P.'. All sketches are titled. The cover is titled 'Sketches/J.S. Prout'.
Date note
Five sketches are dated between 1841 and 1846. The undated sketches are attributed to the time of Prout's stay in Australia.
Description source
Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DL PX 49
Record Identifier
YoldXjE9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YoldXjE9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
853130
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