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[Botanical drawings and views by members and friends of the Scott family, ca. 1828-1881]

[Botanical drawings and views by members and friends of the Scott family, ca. 1828-1881]

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nQR2VDG1

[Botanical drawings and views by members and friends of the Scott family, ca. 1828-1881]

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Full title

[Botanical drawings and views by members and friends of the Scott family, ca. 1828-1881]

Date

1828, 1841, 1848, 1855, 1860, 1862-1863, 1865, 1869, 1877-1879, 1881

Call Numbers

SAFE/PX*D 5

Record Identifier

nQR2VDG1

Reference Code

430818

Formats

Physical Description

Contents

Albums - 34.3 x 41.5 cm. or smaller (drawings), 47.2 x 33.6 or smaller (albums) - 2 volumes (containing 42 watercolour - 6 pencil drawings, and 1 etching)

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

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Access Conditions

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Copying Conditions

Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955

Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Issue Copy

Digitised

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

VOLUME 1 (Nos. 1-22)
1a. Eugenia Mystifolia. Brush Cherry. Rhodes - April/79 [i.e. 1879] / H. Forde
1b. [unfinished pencil sketch]
2. Loranthus Preissii? (Muller) L. (Dendrophthoe) Gaudichaudi (W) / Helena Scott
3. View at Dangar Island, River Hawkesbury / Helena Forde, 1869
4. Pittosporam revolut... [?]
5. Eupomatia laurina Ash I...

Alternative Titles

Full title

[Botanical drawings and views by members and friends of the Scott family, ca. 1828-1881]

Notes

General note

Digital order no:Album ID : 997317...

Signature / Inscriptions

Most drawings are signed and are titled.

Contextual Information

Source

Transferred from Mitchell Manuscripts, 1990.
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907

Administrative / Biographical history

Alexander Walker Scott (known as Walker) was the son of Helenus and Augustus Maria Scott, and father of Harriet and Helena. He was a close friend of the artist Edwin Landseer in England. Harriet Scott married Dr Cosby William Morgan in 1882. -- Reference: Dictionary of Australian artists / Joan Kerr, editor. [Sydney] : Institute of Fine Arts, Unive...

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

SAFE/PX*D 5

Record Identifier

nQR2VDG1

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nQR2VDG1

Other Identifiers

Reference code

430818

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