• Title
  [Album of sketches of mainly Victorian views, ca. 1855-1874] / by J.B. Henderson
• Creator
  J. B. (John Black) Henderson, 1827-1918
• Call number
  PXC 335
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  ca. 1855, 1868, 1874
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours, Drawings
• Reference code
  404754
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 sketchbook (25 watercolour, 2 pencil drawings) - 27.5 x 36.7 x 2.1 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  1. The Homestead - Phillip Island / J.B. Henderson
  2. St Agnes Head - Phillip Island / J.B. Henderson
  3. Pyramid Rock - Phillip Island / J.B.H.
  4. Refuge Cove Wilson's Promotory / J.B.H.
  5. Fisherman's Hut Cape Woolamai / J.B. Henderson
  6. Eastern Passage From Phillip Island / J.B.H.
  7. Buffaloe Range from Barwigee Flat - Ovens / J.B. Henderson
  8. On the Yarra Near Greenwich / J.B.H.
  9. Oberon Bay Wilson's Promontory / J.B.H.
  10. Agnes Head. Phillip Id. / J.B. Henderson
  11. Bass River At Blackwood / J.B.H.
  12. Mt Latrobe and the Promontory Ranges from the Lookout Hill, Yankie / J.B.H.
  13. Agnes Head (2)
  14a-b. Redondo & Glennie Island from Shell Island
  14a. [Sailing ships with lighthouse]
  14b. [Seascape with men shooting birds in foreground]
  15. [Seal hunting]
  16. Western Port Bay for River Hill / J.B.H.
  17. Valley of the Woolshed Creek From near La Serena Beechworth / J.B.H.
  18. Cape Schanck from the East / J.B.H. 1874
  19. The Yarra Near Heldelberg / J.B.H.
  20. The Buffalo Mountain from Ovens River Victoria
  21. The Castle Rock Cape Wollamai
  22a. The Crampians from Mt Roase, 1855 / [stamped] J.B. Henderson
  22b. [Unfinished pencil sketch on reverse]
  23b. Pyramid Rock Phillip Island / J.B.H. 1868
  23b. [Seal hunting on rocks with boat below. Pencil sketch]
  24. Basin Melto? [Sailing ships]
  25. Upper Murray
  26. [Tiber-getting with campside]
  27. Doogalook Goulburn River Vic. 1856 / [stamped] J.B. He
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Some drawings are executed on the album pages whilst others are on separate sheets and are glued into the volume.
  Page 14 has an additional watercolour (14b) covering drawing on page (14a). It is unclear as to which drawing the inscription refers to.
  Nos. 15, 22b, and 26 are not titled.
  Nos. 22 & 23 have been tipped into the album.
  "D.S. Mitchell" signature on reverse of front endpaper.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1037076
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Most drawings are signed in pencil, "J.B. Henderson" at lower left below image or initialled in ink, "J.B.H." at lower right below image.
  Two drawings are stamped in blue ink, "J.B. Henderson".
  Many drawings have handwritten titles in ink on album page below image.
  Some drawings are titled in pencil in a different hand.
  Three drawings are dated.
• Subject
  David Scott Mitchell Collection.
  
• Topic
  camps
  coasts
  felled trees
  hunting
  landscapes (artwork)
  sealers (people)
  seals (animals)
  ships
  sketchbooks
  timber-getting
  
• Place
  Murray River (N.S.W.-S.A.)
  Phillip Island
  Victoria
  Wilsons Promontory (Vic.)
  Yarra River (Vic.)
  

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