Album of miscellaneous drawings, predominantly of English scenes with some Australian sketches / various artists

PXA 2034

fonds

probably between 1850-1873

Graphic Materials, Drawings, Watercolours

431156

1 album (47 drawings) - 30.4 x 24.6 cm - watercolour, pencil

Miscellaneous sketches including coastal views, ships, landscapes, castles, windmills, a hot air balloon, figures, and Indigenous people.

1. Landscape of house on hill
2. Portrait of elderly women behind front gate
3. Seascape of sea and rocks
4. Portait of man smoking pipe
5 Landscape of sea, rocks and figure
6. Seascape of ship and waves
7. Landscape of river and mountains
8. Landscape of sea and rocks
9. Landscape of figures in seashore
10. Landscape of building/castle
11. Landscape of ship near shore
12. Landscape of ships and figures on shoreline
13. Landscape with trees in foreground
14. Portrait of 2 men observing an object
15. Landscape with moon in background
16. Land scape of wooden platform
17. Portrait of family
18. Portaint of family 2
19. Landscape of sailing ship
20. In Sydney Harbour
21. Balloon leaving Paris during siege of 1870
22. Landscape of rocks and ocean
23. Landscape of farm yard buildings and chickens
24. Landscape of rocks and boulders
25. Landscape of ship on a stormy night
26. Landscape of lake and figures
27. Landscape of rocks on the beach with figures
28. View of Wales
29. Portrait of figure with sword
30. Landscape with windmill
31. Landscape of ship sailing
32a. Landscape of tree and rock
32b. Cloud study
33. Seascape with 3 sailing ships
34. In Twofold Bay - Mewstone in distance
35. Landscape of cottage by the river
36. Harlich Castle
37. Landscape with footbridge in foreground
38. Landscape of river and trees
39. Seascape with sailing ships
40. Sailing ship
41. Farm and windmill
42. Biblical figures with cathederal in background
43. Portait of mother and child
44. Decaying cottage

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

Several drawings are titled, with the remainder designated by cataloguer.

The watercolours were removed from the volume at an unknown date and the original order has not been strictly maintained.

Only a few of the drawings are titled and some of the inscriptions are difficult to read.

Nos. 4 and 14 have a pencil attribution to Charles Rodius however it is doubtful that he is the artist of these drawings -Manager of Original Materials, Mitchell Library, Oct. 2003.
No. 18 is by H. Taylor, Kempsey, 1873
No. 20 'in Sydney Harbour' is by W. Bennett
Nos. 25, 31, and 32 have a sketch on the reverse.
No. 32b has various notes relating to cloud study.
No. 34 bears title, 'In Twofold Bay - Mewstone in distance' and is possibly by Oswald Brierly.

Other artists include: J. Blackhan, A.A. Clarke, W.A. Robinson, and F.C. Terry.