Series 01: Flora of Norfolk Island, ca. 1790s / attributed to John Doody
Series 01: Flora of Norfolk Island, ca. 1790s / attributed to John Doody
Series 01: Flora of Norfolk Island, ca. 1790s / attributed to John Doody
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1790-1795
Call Numbers
SAFE/DL PXX 1
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Drawings and Manuscripts
Physical Description
Contents
37 drawings - various sizes - ink, watercolour
0.01 metres of textual material - manuscript
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Series
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
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Physical Access Conditions
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Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
The collection contains a numbered set of fifty untitled drawings on 37 sheets (no. 31 comprising two sheets), which are described in the eleven pages of manuscript notes. The manuscripts pages are written in an unknown hand.
MANUSCRIPT
i. page one
ii. page two
iii. page three
iv. page four
v. page five
vi. page six
...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Series 01: Flora of Norfolk Island, ca. 1790s / attributed to John Doody
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Bookplate of Sir William Dixson
An additional listing of the identification of plants in `Flora of Norfolk Island' compiled by Owen Evans of the Norfolk Island Fauna and Flora Society in 1970 is available at PXn 196.
Digital order no:Album ID : 1063938
Attributions / Conjectures
Attribution of the drawings to Doody, was made in a letter from Paterson to Banks on 12 December 1794 (Banks Papers, Series 27.08)
Reference:
Notes on attribution : Flora of Norfolk Island (PXn 196)
The conservation of Norfolk Island, Special Publication No. 1 (1968) / J.S. Turner
Conservation note
Drawings removed from album, April 2013. Album filed separately.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Exhibited in
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/DL PXX 1
Record Identifier
n88E8Avn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88E8Avn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1063934
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