Scott family - pictorial collection, chiefly botanical drawings, mainly by Scott family members, ca. 1851-1879

fonds

ca. 1851-1879

Graphic Materials, Drawings, Watercolours, Prints, Photographs, Paintings

440150

Albums - 1 sketchbook
Drawings
Prints

The collection includes botanical drawings by members of the Scott family, a sketchbook of sentimental scenes typical of the nineteenth century drawn by Mary Ann Scott, and miscellaneous works by a number of different hands.
I. Scott family - botanical drawings by Alexander Walker Scott, Helena Scott, and Harriet Scott, ca. 1854-1879
II. Mary Anne Scott - sketchbook, ca. 1863-1865
III. Scott family - drawings mainly by Mary Anne Scott and H. Scott, ca. 1863-1874
IV. Scott family - miscellaneous pictorial material by various artists, ca. 1851-1873

This collection comprises 4 record series. You may navigate to a more detailed description of each series from this collection record.

These items were formerly part of a larger collection of Scott family material offered by Christies, South Kensington, 28 May 1987, Lot 176. Deutschers Fine Art, Melbourne, purchased some of this collection, whilst some were sold to private collectors. Subsequently, Deutschers Fine Art presented the Mitchell Library with the following pictorial and manuscript material:
Martello Tower, Coast of Ire[land] / E. Forde (PXA 543 f.1);
[Rose Scott - portrait photograph, ca. 1864] / Croft Brothers (PXA 543 f.2);
Scott family - papers, being material belonging to Mary Anne Scott, 1880-1893 (MLMSS 5076).
The material in this collection record was purchased from Deutshers Fine Art, Melbourne in February-March 1988.