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Item 08: [Album including drawings of cultural artefacts, fish, and snakes, 1890-1897 / by J. S. Bra...

Item 08: [Album including drawings of cultural artefacts, fish, and snakes, 1890-1897 / by J. S. Bra...

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Item 08: [Album including drawings of cultural artefacts, fish, and snakes, 1890-1897 / by J. S. Bray]

About this item

Full title

Item 08: [Album including drawings of cultural artefacts, fish, and snakes, 1890-1897 / by J. S. Bray]

Date

1890-1897

Call Numbers

PXA 194

Record Identifier

nX6OKkvY

Reference Code

1136889
Physical Description

Contents

1 album - mostly watercolour

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Item

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955

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

Issue Copy

Digitised : 2014

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

Includes drawings of artefacts from the Solomon Islands, British New Guinea, and New Zealand ; Bray's daily log recording a Diamond snake's egg laying ; "Asprey's home", old Aboriginal gunyah off the Spit road, Middle Harbour ; and illustrations of fish, birds, plants, and opals (34 drawings).

Alternative Titles

Full title

Item 08: [Album including drawings of cultural artefacts, fish, and snakes, 1890-1897 / by J. S. Bray]

Notes

General note

Digital order no:Album ID : 1148183

Signature / Inscriptions

Some drawings signed and dated by artist.
First page of album signed "DS. Mitchell".

Date note

Dated from album.

Conservation note

Album was rebound, May 1944

Contextual Information

Source

Bequeathed by D. S. Mitchell, 1907
Transferred from Mitchell Library Manuscripts A 194, August 1997

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

PXA 194

Record Identifier

nX6OKkvY

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6OKkvY

Other Identifiers

Reference code

1136889

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