Marcus Oxen notebook containing sketches of goldmining equipment and buildings, and technical notes...
Marcus Oxen notebook containing sketches of goldmining equipment and buildings, and technical notes...
Marcus Oxen notebook containing sketches of goldmining equipment and buildings, and technical notes and drawings
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
probably between 1847 and 1860
Call Numbers
PXB 1750
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Language
German
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
1 item - 17 x 11 cm - chiefly watercolour and ink
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright
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Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Notebook (397 pages, with additional blank pages), with original green calf over boards, pocket, pen holder and soft leather flap, comprising watercolour, ink and pencil drawings probably of the goldfields and diggings in Victoria (likely Daylesford and Bendigo districts) and New South Wales (Hill End district), ca. 1857-1860 , with design drawings...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Marcus Oxen notebook containing sketches of goldmining equipment and buildings, and technical notes and drawings
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Object History
Private collection, California, USA.
Reference:
Library correspondence file
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Douglas Stewart Fine Books, June 2021
Administrative / Biographical history
Marcus Jacob Oxen, variously spelled Oxon and Axen (Holstein, 1829 - Sydney, 1894), attended the Baugewerkschule in Holzminden, Lower Saxony, Germany, probably in the late 1840s and early 1850s. Arriving in Sydney in May 1857 on board the ship Pauline (listed under the name Marcus Axen), it is probable the ship also called at Port Phillip en route...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXB 1750
Record Identifier
YolpzG39
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YolpzG39
Other Identifiers
Reference code
9660940
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