• Title
  A collection of drawings in watercolour, ink and pencil : illustrative of the life, character & scenery of Melbourne 1850-1862. Third series / drawn by William Strutt
• Creator
  William Strutt, 1825-1915
• Call number
  DL PXX 7
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1850-1862
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings, Watercolours, Photographs
• Reference code
  457949
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 album of 25 ff. of drawings and photoprints - 32 x 44.5 cm. in box.
  
• Scope and Content
  Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952.
  Detailed contents list available.
  Contains drawings and photographs pasted on leaves, with captions in Strutt's handwriting below many of the items.
  f. 6. 4 photoprints of unnamed Aboriginal people.
  f. 8. Photoprint of a group of three European men and two Aboriginal men.
  
  f.1 Title Page: A Collection of Drawings in / Watercolour, Ink & Pencil / By William Strutt. R.B.C. F.Z.S. / Illustrative of the life, Character & / Scenery of Melbourne / 1850-1862 / Third Series
  f.2 "On April the 6th 1850 when quite becalmed we noticed a vessel of rather singular / appearance. The craft managed to tack round us during the day, & from her appearance / our Captain considered she locked suspicious etcetera. etcetera"
  f.3 What "Black Thursday", The Terrible day meant in Victoria, Australia
  f.4 The head of the Gang / of "Bushrangers" / From the picture / by William Strutt
  f.5a The head of the Gang / of "Bushrangers" / From the picture / by William Strutt
  f.5b Lost ! [seated man]
  f.6 Aborigines, Australia. 4 Photographs.
  f.7a [Timber-feller]
  f.7b .... Welcome Stranger found in Donnelly / [and] The Welcome Nugget . ... 1858 Bakery Hill Ballarat / ....
  f.8 [A group of three Europeans, and two Australian aborigines]
  f.9a Remains of dead Bullock - / Sketched near William's Town, Melbourne / for picture of "Black Thursday"
  f.9b [Studies of riding boot]
  f.9c [Horse and rider]
  f.10a [Parrots]
  f.10b Cranes .... Abl. Swan .... Australian Eagle [Annotated sketches]
  f.10c Parrot
  f.10d Eagle
  f.10e Eagle
  f.10f Docelo Gigas [Kookaburra]
  f.11a Magpie ... / Falcon ... Goat Suckers [Annotated sketches]
  f.11b [Geese]
  f.11c Australian / Eagle bringing a young Kangaroo to its / nest of Eagles ... [Annotated sketch]
  f.11d Falcon - Australia
  f.11e Native Companion
  f.11f Black-backed Falcon Australia - ... [Annotated]
  f.12a Rhea. [Annotated]
  f.12b Australian heron. [Annotated]
  f.12c White painted Heron - Victoria [Annotated]
  f.12d Emu [With notes on Australian sea-gulls]
  f.13a Native Companion [Annotated studies]
  f.13b Geese
  f.13c Flustral Bustard / Turkey .... Quail / .... White-headed stilt / .... white fronted Heron - [Annotated studies]
  f.13d Emu / ....
  f.13e Little Egret ........
  f.14a [Studies of dead birds, presumably for "Black Thursday"]
  f.14b [Studies of dead birds, presumably for "Black Thursday"]
  f.15a [Geese]
  f.15b [Geese]
  f.15c Melbourne / Emu
  f.15d Petrel [Annotated studies]
  f.15e Sooty Albatross. [Annotated]
  f.16a White / Cockatoo ... black cockatoo [and parrot. Annotated studies]
  f.16b [Birds in flight studies]
  f.16c Emu, Victoria, Australia
  f.16d Native Companion
  f.17a [Kookaburra]
  f.17b Australian Ibis - / Native Companion
  f.17c Stuffed bird
  f.18a [Birds in flight]
  f.18b Native Companion
  f.18c [Studies of birds]
  f.19 [Annotated studies of plants], Botanical Gardens - / Melbourne -
  f.20a Australian Peppermint Tree, / Showing how the bark is shed / ...
  f.20b Australian foliage - Melbourne - 1851 [Annotated studies]
  f.21 Used in Picture of Christ at / Lazarus tomb - / Ficus Carica - Levant / Common figure [Annotated study of foliage]
  f.22 Sketches of Ferns & breaks. Melbourne / Australia [Annotated studies]
  f.23a Australian Salt Bush ....
  f.23b Australian Salt Bush ....
  f.24a [Hibiscus and other plants. Annotated studies]
  f.24b [Vine - leaves] For foreground of Jesus Wept
  f.25 Breaks - Melbourne [Annotated studies]
  
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Bound by Sangorski & Suttcliffe, London, quarter leather (blue morocco).
  Hand lettered title page.
  Some of the drawings of plants and birds are annotated.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1255998
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Some are signed "W. Strutt", "Wm. Strutt", or "William Strutt".
  Some pictures have captions, some have extensive annotations, some are dated.
• Subject
  Art, Colonial--Australia.
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  native birds
  bushrangers
  native plants
  groups (people)
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  botanical illustrations
  portraits
  
• Place
  Melbourne (Vic.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Gold ! - the goldrush days in Australia, from the earliest discoveries to the 1930's
  Heroes and Villains : Strutt's Australia
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE16359894

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