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430833
  • Title
    [Botanical drawings of mainly Australian plants], ca. 1852-1896 / by Helena Forde
  • Creator
  • Call number
    PXA 1710
  • Level of description
    series
  • Date

    ca. 1852, 1859, 1861, 1864-1866, 1872-1873, 1876-1883, 1889, 1896
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    430833
  • Issue Copy
    Digitised
  • Physical Description
    1 album (ca. 155 watercolour, pencil and ink drawings) - 42 x 34.5 cm.
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • General note

    The volume was rebound in Dec. 1931.
    The drawings have extensive notes and are identified.
    Many drawings have a sketch on the reverse.
    A pencil notation in the spine of volume indicates that the drawings were donated prior to June 1912.
    No. 89. At the top left hand corner is a watercolour drawing of a girl lying on her back showing her head and torso. The style is very similar to the artist of an album of drawings in David Scott Mitchell : album of drawings and ephemera, ca. 1868-1892 (MLMSS 379/Box 4 Album 1) and is possibly by the same person.
    Digital order no:Album ID : 824250
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Titled from spine.
    Page i, "A list of Mrs Helena Forde's Paintings of Australian and other plants botanically arranged"
    Some drawings are signed, "H. Forde" or initialled "HS" or "HF"
    Some drawings are dated.
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