• Title
  [Sketches in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and Norfolk Island, ca. 1841-1847] / by John Skinner Prout
• Creator
  John Skinner Prout, 1805-1876
• Call number
  PXD 75
  Status: Unavailable. Applies to: PXD 75/ff. 4, 8, 10, 11
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1841-1847
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  456951
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 20 watercolour, 2 pencil sketches - 37.5 x 40.5 or smaller
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  John Skinner Prout, (1805-1876), artist, was born on 19 December 1805 at Plymouth, England. He arrived with his wife and seven children in Sydney on 14 December, 1840. He brought a complete lithographic printing press with him, and in early 1841 he started producing lithographed versions of his drawings of Sydney. In August 1842, the first part of 'Sydney Illustrated' was printed, followed by the second part, in November 1842. Due to a shortage of lithographic materials, the local press in mid 1843 recommended that local artists cease all attempts at producing lithographic views. Prout appears to have responded to this suggestion and suspended his work. 'Sydney Illustrated' was later recommenced and completed in 1844. In January 1844, Prout moved to Hobart and commenced drawing Hobart and environs for a series of lithographic views. During his time in Australia he went on many sketching trips throughout New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria, often with the sketching clubs he helped organize. Prout and his family returned to England in April, 1848. Sources: Skinner Prout in Australia, 1840-48 by Tony Brown. ML Q759.994/53. Sydney Illustrated by J.S. Prout; with letter press description by J. Rae. ML F981.1/P. Australian Dictionary of Biography, online edition.
• Scope and Content
  1. Police Office & C. George St., Sydney
  2. Sydney Cove
  3. Sydney from Lavender's [sic] Bay
  4. Snails Bay
  5. Lake Illawarra
  6. Near Newcastle on the Hunter River
  7. South Bank of the Yarra, Vic
  8. On the Plenty, near Melbourne
  9. On Mount Wellington Hobarton
  10. Hobarton, V.D.L. from Mount Wilson
  11. Valley of ferns, Hobarton
  12. Malvina's Glen. Fingal VDL
  13. Hobart from Mount Wellington
  14. Willoughby Falls
  15. Barbarossa Ranges
  16. Norfolk Island
  17. [Waterfall]
  18. [Australian shepherd's hut]
  19. [Seascape]
  20. [Beach and cliffs]
  21. [Bridge in bush]
  22. [Coast near Sydney]
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  No dates on works. Date estimated from information provided in the Mitchell Library catalogue card
  The sketches were later published as engravings in: Tasmania illustrated. Vol. I / by J.S. Prout. Hobart Town : [s.n.], 1844.; Australia / by Edwin Carton Booth ; illustrated with drawings by Skinner Prout, N. Chevalier, London : Virtue & Co., [1874-1876?]. Sydney Illustrated by J.S. Prout; with letter press description by J. Rae. Sydney : Tyrrell, [1948].
  The following sketches are from the David Scott Mitchell Collection. Provenance of item derived from a list of material that was deposited with the National Art Gallery (Art Gallery of N.S.W.), prior to the Mitchell Library's opening in 1910. [5.] Lake Illawarra -- [6.] Near Newcastle on the Hunter River -- [7.] South Bank of the Yarra, River -- [11.] Valley of Ferns, Hobarton -- [14.] Willoughby Falls -- [15.] Barbarossa Ranges -- [17.] [Waterfall] -- [18.] [Australian Shepherd's Hut] -- [22.] [Coast near Sydney]
  The following sketches are missing from the collection: [4.] Snails Bay -- [8.] On the Plenty, near Melbourne -- [10.] Hobarton, V.D.L. from Mount Wilson -- [11.] Valley of Ferns, Hobarton
  Image no. 18, 'Australian shepherd's hut', also titled 'Settler's hut interior', shows a poster on left of picture referring to the Queen's visit to Sir Robert Peel at Drayton Manor. This took place in December, 1843 (see Illustrated London News, 2 Dec. 1843). A similar poster is shown in a similar view published in that newspaper in March 1849. Source: Mitchell Picture card catalogue.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 972905
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Signature of artist on works
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Prout, John Skinner, 1805-1876
  
• Subject
  Art, Colonial--Australia.
  David Scott Mitchell Collection.
  
• Topic
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  beaches
  boats
  bridges
  bush
  bush huts
  cliffs
  coasts
  fireplaces
  harbours
  lakes
  mountain ranges
  mountains
  pioneer bush life
  police stations
  roads & streets
  sketches
  waterfalls
  
• Place
  Fingal (Tas.)
  George Street (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Hobart (Tas.)
  Hunter River (N.S.W.)
  Illawarra, Lake (N.S.W.)
  Lavender Bay (N.S.W.)
  Norfolk Island
  Snails Bay (N.S.W.)
  Sydney Cove (N.S.W.)
  Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.)
  Wellington, Mount (Tas.)
  Willoughby Falls (N.S.W.)
  Yarra River (Vic.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Built for the bush : the green architecture of rural Australia - Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (4 February - 18 July, 2010). Applies to: no. 18
  Australia - Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) (September 2013 - December 2013). Applies to: no. 7
• Open Rosetta viewer
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