• Title
  Views in Van Dieman's [sic] Land, ca. 1822-1829 / John Watt Beattie
• Creator
  J. W. (John Watt) Beattie, 1859-1930
• Call number
  DL PX 51
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1822-1829
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  867108
• Issue Copy
  Copy print : DL PX 51
  Available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room
• Physical Description
  22 drawings in one volume - 38.2 x 26 cm
  
• Scope and Content
  1. The Black Snake Inn
  2. The Black Snake Inn
  3. Junction of the Styx and Derwent
  4. The Western Tier
  5. Junction of the Rivers Clyde and Derwent
  6. Dromedary Hills
  7. Byrn's Sugar Loaf near the River Clyde
  8. - late the residence of G.F. Read Esq. [Redlands station]
  9. Mungford [sic] Cottage - the residence of Dr Bromley
  10. Allanvale [sic] the residence of Mr Wells
  11. Part of the Western Tier
  12. Humphry ville [sic] the residence of Humphry [sic] Esq.
  13. Treviot's [sic] Neck on the River Derwent
  14. A small island on the Derwent near New Norfolk
  15. A view on the Derwent - New Norfolk
  16. A view on the Derwent near New Norfolk
  17. Government Cottage, New Norfolk
  18. The Church, New Norfolk
  19. A view on the Derwent near Austin's Ferry
  20. Austin's Ferry
  21. The Derwent at the Falls, above New Norfolk
  22. Seaside view, [including men, boats and a fenced enclosure]
• Finding Aids
  Contents list filed with collection and also available on request from DL PX 51n. -
• Description source
  
  Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009
• General note
  
  Keyword subjects:
  Allenvale (residence : Macquarie District, Tas.)
  Austins Ferry (Hobart, Tas.)
  Black Snake Inn (Bridgewater, Tas.)
  Clyde River District (Tas.)
  Humphreyville (residence : Tas.)
  Mountford Cottage (residence : Hamilton, Tas.)
  Redlands (residence : Tas.)
  St. Matthew's Church (New Norfolk, Tas.)
  Styx River (Tas.)
  The Great Western Tiers (Tas.)
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  None of the sketches is signed or dated. Dated from year of watermark on most pages which reads 'HARRIS/1822' and from year of death of A. Humphries whose residence is depicted on f. 12 of volume (see Australian Dictionary of Biography). All sketches except two have pencil titles. Interleaved are notes copied out in Sir William Dixson's hand from the original manuscript of J.W. Beattie. The spine is titled 'Views in Van Dieman's [sic] Land/original drawings/circa 1822'.
• Subject
  Art, Colonial--Australia.
  
• Topic
  houses
  seascapes (views)
  mountains
  trees
  hotels & taverns
  rivers
  hills
  landscapes (views)
  churches
  coasts
  
• Place
  Derwent River (Tas.)
  Dromedary, Mount (Tas.)
  New Norfolk (Tas.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE9109495

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