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431155
  • Title
    Mrs Elizabeth Gould collection of drawings of Australian plants, flowers and foliage, 1838-1842
  • Creator
  • Call number
    PXD 377
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1838-1842
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    431155
  • Issue Copy
    Digitised
  • Physical Description
    76 watercolour and pencil drawings (hinged into 3 booklets) - 61 x 43.5 cm.
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • General note

    Following rehousing in November 1995, the collection was renumbered -- see notes filed with collection or at PXn 146. A photocopy of the entry for the drawings from the Henry Sotheran Ltd. catalogue, 1934, is also filed at PXn 146.

    The 1934 Henry Sotheran, Ltd. catalogue titled "no. 9 Piccadilly notes" describes the drawings as "specially made for incorporation in the backgrounds of the plates to the Birds of Australia".
    Digital order no:Album ID : 824115
    A number of pencil drawings are faint.
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Many are inscribed VDL, NSW or Yarrundi, some are dated 1838, 1839, 1842, two have notes signed J.G., another has one signed J. Gould (information from Mitchell Library card catalogue).
  • Subject
  • Topic
  • Exhibited in

    John Gould Inc. - Australian Museum (5 April - 5 August, 2004). Applies to: Nos.5,8
    Memory of Trees - Parramatta Heritage Centre. Applies to: f.7
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