E.P. Ramsay - collection of drawings of ethnological material and biological specimens, 1885-1915
E.P. Ramsay - collection of drawings of ethnological material and biological specimens, 1885-1915
E.P. Ramsay - collection of drawings of ethnological material and biological specimens, 1885-1915
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1885-1915
Call Numbers
DG*D 33
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
Albums - ca. 179 pencil drawings on paper and card, 1 mounted aquatint, 1 photoprint
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Digitised
Finding aids
Click here for a pdf version of the partially transcribed contents list http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2007/D00007/dgd33.pdf
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Album contains drawings that relate to natural history and ethnological specimens. The biological sketches are of galls on eucalypts, birds' and spiders' nests. The anthropoligical drawings are mostly of Australian Aborigines' stone axes (some of which were listed by Ramsay). There are also indigenous artefacts from Tasmania, New Guinea, New Zealan...
Alternative Titles
Full title
E.P. Ramsay - collection of drawings of ethnological material and biological specimens, 1885-1915
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Most of the drawings are annoted with descriptive notes.
Some sheets have more than one sketch.
The old numbering system has been retained but does not correspond with the total number of individual drawings or sheets.
At an unknown date, a photoprint titled, "'Success' fake convict shop at Circular Quay, Sydney, ca. 1891" was removed f...
Signature / Inscriptions
Some of the sketches are signed and dated.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Sir William Dixson, 1951
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DG*D 33
Record Identifier
n88E6e8n
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88E6e8n
Other Identifiers
Reference code
442767
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