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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...

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YolpzG39

Marcus Oxen notebook containing sketches of goldmining equipment and buildings, and technical notes and drawings

About this item

Full title

Marcus Oxen notebook containing sketches of goldmining equipment and buildings, and technical notes and drawings

Author / Creator

Date

probably between 1847 and 1860

Call Numbers

PXB 1750

Record Identifier

YolpzG39

Reference Code

9660940

Language

German

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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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

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YolpzG39

Other Identifiers

Reference code

9660940

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