Series 04: Una Falkiner sketchbooks, ca. 1900-1915
Series 04: Una Falkiner sketchbooks, ca. 1900-1915
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Date
ca. 1900-1915
Call Numbers
PXE 1026/Box 4
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Physical Description
Contents
Albums - 24.5 x 31.2 cm. or smaller - The sketchbooks are mainly Walker's Artist Sketch Books and Winsor & Newtown with canvas covers and elasticised strap for closing mechanism - 22 sketchbooks (19 with hard covers)
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Sketchbooks contain pen, ink, and watercolour drawings primarily of landscapes, portraits, and flora and fauna by members of the Le Souef family including Una and her mother Caroline. Some of the landscape drawings are distinctively Australian, including the Blue Mountains and Sydney Harbour sketches. The sketchbooks also contain notes and verse.
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Full title
Series 04: Una Falkiner sketchbooks, ca. 1900-1915
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Notes
General note
Most drawings are unsigned
Sketchbooks Nos. 12-22 do not have inscriptions
Signature / Inscriptions
Nos. 1-2, 4, 6-7 are inscribed in pencil, pen, or watercolour on title page or reverse of cover "Una Le Souef"
No. 3 has initials "U.L.S" on the title page
No. 5 title page has text "Australian Book. U.L.S"
No. 6 is dated "Tuppal 1906" on cover
No.7 has dedication "Darling (Una?) with my best love....."
No.8 "Una de Souef - from mot...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 1026/Box 4
Record Identifier
nZNvyrmn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNvyrmn
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Reference code
421689
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