[Views in New South Wales, and on board ship / Rev. J.B. Armstrong]

PXA 704

fonds

1885-1888

Graphic Materials, Watercolours

133020

Drawings - 9 watercolours - 12.3 x 21.3 cm (sight) - in window mounts, ca. 1970, 24.6 x 31.6 cm, with stamp of 'G.T. Melsom, Art Picture Framer ... [Brisbane]' on reverse. Removed from sketchbook, ca. 1970 by former owner - sketchbook with 8 remaining drawings

According to the donor and inscriptions on some of the drawings, the artist was Rev. J.B. Armstrong who sailed to Australia in late-1884 - early 1885 on the Hampshire. He travelled in New South Wales before setting in Queensland. The donor's grandfather was given the sketchbook by the Rev. Armstrong.

1. [Deck of ship]
2. [Lighthouse]
3. [Beach and coastal scene]
4. [Coastal scene]
5. Murrumburrah Church N.S.W. Feb.4.1888
6. [Homestead by river]
7. [River with jetty] (Call No.: 8. [Woolshed with drays])
9. [Track by river]
10.[Sketchbook - f. 4 shows people sitting on the verndah of a homestead]

In sketchbook (PXA 704/10) f. 1 is inscribed in ink along lower edge of drawing 'Trinidad (Atlantic) 35 miles away from the "Hampshire" ... Jan. 16 1885; f. 4 is signed in pencil with initials and dated 'J.B.A. 10/12/85'