Sub-series 03: Watercolour and pencil drawings of insects, caterpillars and spiders from Cuba / attr...
Sub-series 03: Watercolour and pencil drawings of insects, caterpillars and spiders from Cuba / attributed to W. S. Macleay
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1830-1833
Call Numbers
PXE 682/ff. 95-146
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Drawings, Prints and Manuscripts
Physical Description
Contents
50 drawings - approximately 11 x 19 cm - pencil, ink and watercolour drawings
1 print - 21.8 x 13.6 cm - hand-coloured etching
1 item of textual material - manuscript
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Sub-series
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Sub-series 03: Watercolour and pencil drawings of insects, caterpillars and spiders from Cuba / attributed to W. S. Macleay
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Some of the drawings are stamped with the stamp of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
No.95 is signed lower left "W. S. Macleay delt." At top right is inscribed in pencil "This was published in Zoological Journal"
Many of the drawings are inscribed with scientific names and natural history observations
A number of the drawings are insc...
Attributions / Conjectures
Only one drawing is signed by Macleay, but the collection appears to have been compiled by him in Cuba, and most of the drawings bear stylistic similarities to the signed drawing.
Date note
PXE 682/105 and 140 are dated 1833. Macleay lived in Cuba between 1825 and 1836.
Contextual Information
Source
Deposited by the Linnean Society of New South Wales in 1970, and subsequently presented to the State Library of New South Wales, July 2018.
Pic.Acc.2026
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 682/ff. 95-146
Record Identifier
n5lJqG79
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n5lJqG79
Other Identifiers
Reference code
6489
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