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430641
  • Title
    [Maria J. Scott : album of watercolour drawings and sketches]
  • Creator
  • Call number
    PXC 292/vol. 2
  • Level of description
    series
  • Date

    ca. 1860's-1870's
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    430641
  • Issue Copy
    Digitised
  • Physical Description
    1 sketchbook (29 watercolours, 5 pencil drawings) - 32 x 42.5 x 6.5 cm.
  • Scope and Content
    Contains drawings of landscapes including Sydney views (Sydney Harbour and Watson's Bay), the Illawarra District, and Tahiti; seascape scenes including the H.M.S. Rattlesnake; and general scenes of bushland, sailing boats, and windmills. Artists include Conrad Martens, O.W. Brierly, J.A. Gilfillian [ie. Gilfillan], and M.J. Scott. At the front of the album is a heraldic coat of arms
  • General note

    Most of the drawings are unsigned, untitled, and undated.
    Some drawings have been identified and attributed by a later hand below image
    The drawing, [Tahiti], is a copy of T.H. Huxley's watercolour, Natives on the New Guinea Coast, 1849
    A contents list compiled by a previous Library Officer is housed with the album
    "D.S. Mitchell" signature appears on front endpaper
    Copy Print available at: ZPXC 292 (v.2): photographic copy.
    Digital order no:Album ID : 1261059
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    One drawing is signed "C. Martens"
    One drawing is initialled "O.B.W" and another is signed "O.W. Brierly"
    [From Mount Keera] is signed "M.J. Scott" and dated "Jan 9"
  • Creator/Author/Artist
  • Subject
  • Topic
  • Open Rosetta viewer

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