Volume 13: Sketchbook XXXIV, No. 16 Australian. 1862, 1863, 1865, 1868 / by Eugene von Guerard
Volume 13: Sketchbook XXXIV, No. 16 Australian. 1862, 1863, 1865, 1868 / by Eugene von Guerard
Volume 13: Sketchbook XXXIV, No. 16 Australian. 1862, 1863, 1865, 1868 / by Eugene von Guerard
About this item
Full title
Date
1862-1868
Call Numbers
DGB 16/vol. 13
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 sketchbook - various sizes, in album 13.5 x 18 cm. - 38 leaves: drawings in pencil, pen and ink, and wash on both sides of the paper , and inside back cover
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Item
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Areas & subjects: Murray River, Shepperton, Elphinstone, Cape Schank, Keilor
38 leaves numbering by von Guerard (irregular); renumbered by Mitchell Library
f. 1. Murray Pines –12 Dec 62
f. 2. Murray Pines 12 Dec 62
f. 3. Murray Pines 12 Dec 62
f. 4. Murray Pines quotong [quandong?] trees
verso Shepparton 13 Dec 62
f....
Alternative Titles
Full title
Volume 13: Sketchbook XXXIV, No. 16 Australian. 1862, 1863, 1865, 1868 / by Eugene von Guerard
Notes
General note
Most drawings cover 2 pages of notebook.
Microfilm copy available at CY 620
Digital order no:Album ID : 879712
Signature / Inscriptions
In German. Drawings are chiefly titled and dated; some have further descriptive notes. Inscription inside front cover in ink: 1862 Murray / 1863 Cape Shank / 1865 Keelow (Keilor?); in pencil tour mit Neumayer Mt Kosciusko 1862
Description source
Contents list transcribed in 2008 from listing compiled by Edward Comstock, 1970 (PXn 571)
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Clune Galleries, July 1970.
Exhibited in
- Artists' Retreat: Discovering the Mornington Peninsula 1850s to the present
- Icons of the Mornington Peninsula
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery (April - May 1999)
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. Applies to: f.23
Administrative / Biographical history
Von Guerard accompanied Professor Georg Neumayer to Mount Kosciusko in 1862 on a survey expedition for the Victorian colonial government. This is one of 2 sketchbooks used on that occasion.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DGB 16/vol. 13
Record Identifier
n88EMBLn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88EMBLn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
825435
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