• Title
  Sketches etc., 1836-ca. 1912 / by Thos. Jas. Lempriere A. C. G. Van Diemens Land
• Creator
  Thomas James Lempriere, 1796-1852
• Call number
  DGA 64/vols.1-2
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1836-ca. 1912
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings, Watercolours, Prints
• Reference code
  845101
• Issue Copy
  Copy print : DGA 64/vol. 1
  Available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room
• Physical Description
  1 volume (23 watercolours, 29 drawings, 1 correspondence, 1 print, 3 photographs, 1 photomechanical print) - various sizes - pencil, ink, lithograph, photolithograph
  10 photographs - various sizes
  
• Scope and Content
  The volume includes twenty five sketches by Lempriere of which nineteen are signed 'T.J.L.' or 'T.J. Lempriere'. Other sketches, signed by members of the Ross family, are of European views.
  Also included are ten photographs dated ca. 1912, by John Watt Beattie of original paintings of Macquarie Harbour, Hobart, Port Arthur and the 'Lady Franklin', five of which are by Charles Astley dated '97' (DGA 64 vol. 2, ff. 1-10).
  
  The Lempriere sketches include views of Maria Island (ff. 7, 60), coal mines on Tasman peninsula (f. 21), the Derwent Valley (ff. 43, 57), Norfolk Bay (f. 23), Storm Bay (f. 17), the convict railway (f. 39), sketches and photographs of Port Arthur (ff. 25, 26, 63, 65, 66), views in Macquarie Harbour (ff. 40, 41, 61), Mount Wellington (f. 49), and of Sir John Franklin (f. 51).
  A manuscript letter to the artist from R. Neill dated 25th October, 1836 is at f. 12. Some sketches are drawn directly into the volume, others pasted in or hinged.
  
  DGA 64/Vol.01
  F.1 opp.Willis Munro. Unfinished pencil portrait
  F.2 C. L. Pencil monogram
  F.3 [Published title page] Pencil monogram
  F.4 [Blank] Pencil monogram
  F.5 [Pencilled in embosed figure]
  F.6 D'apres Rembrandt [by] E. Ink
  F.7 Stores, Maria Island Watercolour
  F.8 East entrance to Sunbury on the Thames, 3rd September 1838 Pencil
  F.9 Ah ha ! my dear fellow, how do you do ? Congratulation you old boy. Gazetted 27 June 1837 T.J.L. O'Neill also Moodie see Diary Page 52 Watercolour
  F.10 [Unidentified city and coastline] by K. Ross Watercolour
  F.11 Argostoli from the top of the harbour K.R.Rose Mrs. Hodson Watercolour
  F.12 Manuscript letter dated Launceston 25th October 1836 from Neill to Lempriere in Port Arthur telling of safe arrival and discussing ' Martins ' engravings ' on show in ' Dowlings " repository of the arts "
  F.13 Eulalie Ross [Watercolour still life of flowers in vase]
  F.14 [Eastern European street scene] Watercolour
  F.15 [Picture missing when album recevied. Captain reads " Commadants Quarters Maria Island "]
  F.16 Emu Bay Bas's Straits from Wyvenhoe the property of Captain H.B. Stoney Lithograph
  F.17 The Light House from Pot Island. Storm Bay. No.4 Watercolour
  F.18 [Blank]
  F.19 Jas. Ross Esquire L.L.D. T.J.L. 1838
  F.20 [Cut out and pasted down watercolour of flowering plant]
  F.21 Coal Mines, Tasman's Peninsular No.17 ( Painted by T.L.Lempriere Asst. Comst. Officer. Port Arthur 184 Hedley Westbrook [in another hand] ). Watercolour
  F.22 Sandy Point. Island of Saint Christopher Watercolour
  F.23 Norfolk Bay. Travelling by rail road, Van Diemen's Land. T.J.Lempriere Deln. No.20 Pencil
  F.24 [Poem written in French] Pencil
  F.25 The entrance to Port Arthur. No.22 Pencil heightened with white
  F.26 Quarters of the Commissariat military and commandant officers and Military Barracks Port Arthur. No.21 Pencil
  F.27 Marble Hall on the Thames. Nowell Pencil
  F.28 Black Rock, Ireland Pencil
  F.29 Birthplace of Robert Burns. T.J.L. Pencil
  F.30 Body guard of the Sheikh of Bornou. From a sketch by Major Denham in a " Narrative of travels in Africa " Watercolour
  F.31 [Blank]
  F.32 [Still life of flowers and vase] Watercolour
  F.33 View of the Bahirmandia. From the North Copied from a drawing by Captain Clapperton in " Narrative of travels in Africa " Watercolour
  F.34 [Water side view at night] Pencil
  F.35 Lancers of the Sultan of Begharmi From a sketch by Major Denham in a narrative of travels in Africa. Watercolour
  F.36 Rose Parland. The seat of R. Barker Esquire J.P. T.J.L. Ink wash
  F.37 [Bird] Watercolour
  F.38 [Unfinished portrait] Pencil
  F.39 Tangataboo Hill. Tram Road Port Arthur. Long Bay No.19 Ink wash
  F.40 Wellington Head, Macquarie Harbour. T.J.Lempriere deltr. Watercolour
  F.41 Phillips Island, Macquarie Harbour. T.J.Lempriere deltr. Watercolour
  F.42 Farnham Castle. T.J.L. 1841 Pencil
  F.43 Kenmore. New Norfolk. Duncan Ballantyne Esquire T.J.L. Ink
  F.44 [Rural 3 - storied cottage beside water] Watercolour
  F.45 [Blank]
  F.46 [Blank]
  F.47 [Thatched cottage beside water] Pencil
  F.48 [Still life of flowers and vase] Watercolour
  F.49 Mount Wellington T.J. Lempriere. 1840 Pencil
  F.50 [Still life of cowrie shell] J.L.1881 Watercolour
  F.51 Sir John Franklin Pencil [Newsclipping titled ' To - Day Friday, July 18 [ca.1878]
  F.52a [Castle on headland] T.J.L. 1841 Pencil
  F.52b [Harbour scene with sailing boats and shoreline] T.J.L. 1841 Pencil
  F.53 opp. On comparison [poem by T.L. '] Ink Ink
  F.54 [Castle, water, boat] T.J.L. Pencil
  F.55 East entrance to Sunbury on the Thames. T.J.L. 1839 Ink wash
  F.56 [Bridge] Pencil
  F.57 Bushy Park. The seat of John Kerr Esquire. M.L.C. T.J.L. Ink
  F.58 [Blank]
  F.59 [Castle, water, boat] Pencil
  F.60 Maria Island. No.28 Pencil wash
  F.61 Butter's [sic] Island, Gordon River Macquarie Harbour. No.3 Watercolour
  F.62 [Blank]
  F.63 [Port Arthur Church] Photograph, and [unfinished sketch of tramway]. Pencil
  F.64 [Rough floor plan] Pencil
  F.65 [Panorama of Port Arthur] Photograph ; with pencilled key to buildings on opposite page.
  F.66 [Government schooner Harriet] Photograph
  F.67 The source of the Thames. T.J.L. 1840 Pencil
  F.68 [Tree] W.L.F. Pencil
  F.69 [Pencilled outline of embossed figure]
  F.70 [Blank]
  F.71 [Unfinished outline of ramparts] Pencil
  F.72 [Picture missing when album received Caption reads " Maria Island "]
  F.73 [Thatched cottage] Pencil
  F.74 [Pair of eyes] Pencil. Newscutting titled ' Scottish Pioneer ; Dr James Ross rears big family '
  
• Description source
  
  Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009.
• General note
  
  Colour transparency held of f. 50, Vol. 1, f. 7.
  
  Keyword subject:
  
  Astley, Charles
  Mount Wellington (Tas.)
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1140718
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Sixteen are titled.
  The album is titled as above on front paper cover in unknown hand.
• Date note
  
  Eleven are dated between 1836 and 1881.
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Ross family
  Beattie, J. W. (John Watt), 1859-1930
  Neill, Robert, 1801-1852
  
• Name
  Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847
  
• Subject
  Art, Colonial--Australia.
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  landscapes (views)
  coalmines
  islands
  bays
  sketches
  paintings
  harbours
  ports
  portraits
  Letters
  
• Place
  Europe
  Macquarie Harbour (Tas.)
  Hobart (Tas.)
  Port Arthur (Tas.)
  Maria Island (Tas.)
  Emu Bay (Tas.)
  Storm Bay (Tas.)
  Tasman Peninsula (Tas.)
  Derwent Valley (Tas.)
  Norfolk Bay (Tas.)
  
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