Album of miscellaneous drawings, predominantly of English scenes with some Australian sketches / var...
Album of miscellaneous drawings, predominantly of English scenes with some Australian sketches / various artists
About this item
Full title
Date
probably between 1850-1873
Call Numbers
PXA 2034
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 album (47 drawings) - 30.4 x 24.6 cm - watercolour, pencil
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
Miscellaneous sketches including coastal views, ships, landscapes, castles, windmills, a hot air balloon, figures, and Indigenous people.
1. Landscape of house on hill
2. Portrait of elderly women behind front gate
3. Seascape of sea and rocks
4. Portait of man smoking pipe
5 Landscape of sea, rocks and figure
6. Seascape of...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Album of miscellaneous drawings, predominantly of English scenes with some Australian sketches / various artists
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
The watercolours were removed from the volume at an unknown date and the original order has not been strictly maintained.
Only a few of the drawings are titled and some of the inscriptions are difficult to read.
Signature / Inscriptions
Nos. 4 and 14 have a pencil attribution to Charles Rodius however it is doubtful that he is the artist of these drawings -Manager of Original Materials, Mitchell Library, Oct. 2003.
No. 18 is by H. Taylor, Kempsey, 1873
No. 20 'in Sydney Harbour' is by W. Bennett
Nos. 25, 31, and 32 have a sketch on the reverse.
No. 32b has various note...
Description source
Several drawings are titled, with the remainder designated by cataloguer.
Contextual Information
Source
Transferred from Mitchell Manuscripts, August 1997
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 2034
Record Identifier
n5lVe0g9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n5lVe0g9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
431156
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