Drawings of Major's Creek and Braidwood, 1852-1858 / Phillip Parker King and William Essington King
Drawings of Major's Creek and Braidwood, 1852-1858 / Phillip Parker King and William Essington King
Drawings of Major's Creek and Braidwood, 1852-1858 / Phillip Parker King and William Essington King
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1852-1858
Call Numbers
PXA 561
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Drawings, Photographs and Clippings
Physical Description
Contents
4 drawings - 22.8 x 28.3 cm - 3 pencil and 1 monochrome wash
3 photographs - albumen
1 clipping
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
Issue Copy
Digitised
Finding aids
Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
1. My Tent at Majors Creek. Braidwood. William Essington King, 1852. Pencil.
1b (verso). Entrance to Government House, Sydney. Samuel Thomas Gill. ca. 1860. Lithograph and Newcastle. 1804? Albumen photograph of oil, ca. 1865
2a. Majors Creek Diggings from my Tent Door. 1852. Phillip Parker King, probably. Pencil.
2b (verso). M...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Drawings of Major's Creek and Braidwood, 1852-1858 / Phillip Parker King and William Essington King
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Index entries are filed in the artist and topographical sections of the catalogue
Keyword subjects:
Majors Creek (N.S.W.)
Copy Print : PXA 561
Available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room
Digital order no:Album ID : 908596
Signature / Inscriptions
One drawing is signed 'W/E. King', the others are attributed to Phillip Parker King or William Essington King from inscriptions on the works and comparisons with other works in the collection. Each drawing is dated and titled.
Conservation note
Each is laid onto light card of a similar size, wear at the edges of card suggests all the drawing were once bound in to the same album.
Description source
Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased, Hordern House, 1990
Pic.Acc.6978
Pic.Acc.7042
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 561
Record Identifier
nM7lAZxY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM7lAZxY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
845091
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