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430662
  • Title
    Augusta Maria Scott : album of watercolour drawings, ca. 1816-1850
  • Creator
  • Call number
    PXC 323
  • Level of description
    series
  • Date

    ca. 1816, 1821-1824, 1827-1828, 1833, 1839, 1850
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    430662
  • Issue Copy
    Digitised
  • Physical Description
    1 album (ca. 38 watercolours, 12 pencil drawings, 3 ink drawings and 1 print) - 24 x 30 x 2.2 cm
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    This album was owned and probably compiled by Augusta Maria Scott.
  • Scope and Content
    1. [Tiger hunt] / R. Landseer, 1821
    2. Lady Macbeth. Yet here's a spot / Louisa Sharpe, 1822
    3. [Men with horse] / T.L. 1828
    4. [Household discovering cats in pantry] / Louisa Sharpe, 1822
    5. [Children in woodlands] / Eliza Sharpe
    6. Pinus Abies
    7. [Woman's profile]
    8. [Monkey playing a piano] / E. Landseer
    9. [Dog's head] / P.F.L, 1822
    10. [Funeral at graveyard], W.R. 1823
    11. [Mother and child] from Corregio J.R. 1823
    12. [Village]
    13 & 19. [Cherubs]
    14. [Floral study] / Penny Williams, 1823
    15. [Person riding a zebra], T. Landseer
    16. [Portrait of unidentified man] / O.H.S., 1821
    17. Two gentlemen of Verona Act 5th Scene 4th [with dialogue] / J. Wright Dec 17th 1823
    18. [River view] / J. Gibbs, 1816
    20. [Group at an art exhibition] / C.C. Pyne, 1824
    21. [Portrait of a young woman] / M.A. Sharpe, 1824
    22. [Knight dressing for combat] / J.W.W., 22/7/27 [i.e. 1827]
    23-24. [Children playing]
    25. The Corall, near Bungonea [i.e. Bungonia, N.S.W.] / C. Martens, March 1839
    26. Rose Bay from Tivoli / C. Martens, 1850
    27. [Woman in Indian sari] / S. Stewart, 1828
    28. Near Exmouth - Devon / C. Martens
    29. [Dog] / R. Scott, 1821
    30. [Cottage by a river by C. Martens]
    31. Toho / Engraved by T. Landseer from a sketch by his Brother Edwin. Published Oct. 1 1823 by Sherwood, Jones & Co. Patternoster Row
    32. Newcastle / M.J.S.
    33-35. [Sailing ships]
    36. [Priest with attendants]
    37. [Coast view with rock] / W.M.C., 1878
    38. Coochin 27 Nov. 1851 [Conrad Martens]
    39a-40b. [Coastal views]
    41. [Building on cliff top with sailboats in foreground] / C.K. ? Mann
    42-44. [Classical or theatrical scenes]
    45. [Village harvest]
    46. [Cows beside a waterhole] / S.T.G.
    47. [Castle and church beside a river]
    48. [Waterfall]
    49. [South American scene by C. Martens]
    50. [Mountains with bridge by C. Martens]
    51. [Fishing boats]
    52. Jews Head. Entrance to Twofold Bay. Boyd Tower W. Eden W.N.W. [O.W. Brierly?]
    53. [Grave]
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • General note

    Most drawings are untitled.
    Nos. 30, 38, 49, and 50 are unsigned and have been attributed to Conrad Martens by previous Library Officers who made comparisons with other watercolours by him held in the Mitchell Library.
    No.33 is signed, "F. Tantz"
    "D.S. Mitchell" signature appears inside front cover.
    Digital order no:Album ID : 1261075
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Embossed on front cover, "A.M.S"
    Many drawings are signed or initialled. Some are dated.
  • Creator/Author/Artist
  • Subject
  • Topic
  • Place
  • Exhibited in

    Northern Journey : Conrad Martens in early Queensland - Queensland Art Gallery (11 August - 16 October, 2001). Applies to: No.38
    A grand obsession : The D. S. Mitchell story - State Library of New South Wales (June 2007 - September 2007)

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