Georgiana Lowe - album of drawings of New South Wales views, ca. 1842-1850
Georgiana Lowe - album of drawings of New South Wales views, ca. 1842-1850
Georgiana Lowe - album of drawings of New South Wales views, ca. 1842-1850
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1842-1850
Call Numbers
SAFE/PXD 390
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Drawings and Watercolours
Physical Description
Contents
1 album (ca. 125 drawings comprising 96 watercolour and 29 pencil drawings) - 59.6 x 43 x 6.2 cm.
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
When originally catalogued, the drawings were numbered according to the album page they appeared on, rather than a sequential individual number. Drawings with a sketch on the reverse have been renumbered.
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Physical Access Conditions
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Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
1a. Banana [Tree] Sydney
1b. [Landscape watercolour]
2a. Zanthorrhaea / or Grass Tree / Nelson Bay / Sydney
2b. [unfinished pencil sketch]
3. Gum Tree / Sydney
4. Bamboo / Sydney
5. Native of S.En. Australia - method of ascending / Large Trees - when hunting the Opposum [i.e. Opossum] / Body hangs off .... / left arm ... / O.W.B....
Alternative Titles
Full title
Georgiana Lowe - album of drawings of New South Wales views, ca. 1842-1850
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 846166...
Signature / Inscriptions
Most drawings are titled on work at lower left or right, or below image on mount.
Only one drawing is signed.
Five drawings are dated 1843.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Rear-Admiral R St. V Sherbrooke, 1958
Exhibited in
- The work of art - Australian women writers and artists
- The most useful Art: Architecture in Australia, 1788-1985
- Undercurrents
- Dockside : Sydney's working harbour, 1840-1875
- Built for the bush : the green architecture of rural Australia
- Lost Gardens
- Women Transported : Life in Australia's Convict Female Factories
State Library of New South Wales (14 August, 1995 - 11 February, 1996). Applies to: Nos. 5-9, 11
State Library of New South Wales (August 1985 - March 1986). Applies to: Nos. 20, 61, 67a
Parramatta Heritage Centre (October 2003 - January 2004). Applies to: No. 38c
State Library of New South Wales (May 2008 - August 2008). Applies to: No.61
Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (February 2010 - July 2010). Applies to : no.23
Museum of Sydney (July 2008 - December 2008). Applies to: No. 2a
Parramatta Heritage Centre (August 2008 - November 2010). Applies to: no. 36b
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/PXD 390
Record Identifier
YzOgKBA9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YzOgKBA9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
440114
How to access this item
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