• Title
  Scott family - botanical drawings by Alexander Walker Scott, Helena Scott, and Harriet Scott, ca. 1854-1879
• Call number
  DG*D 44 (v.1)
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  ca. 1854, 1856, 1859, 1864-1865, 1879
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings, Watercolours
• Reference code
  440146
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  17 drawings (12 watercolours, 3 pencil and 2 ink) - 33.1 x 24.1 cm. or smaller
  
• Scope and Content
  VOLUME 1 (Nos. 1a to 12)
  1a. Holyhock / Indian Shot / A.W. Scott
  1b. [Fluted column with leaf decoration around lower section, pencil drawing]
  2. [Fuchsias, white and red] / Harriet Scott. Ash Island 1864. [In pencil on the reverse] "M.J. [or &] M.S. Shaw"
  3. Roumalla / January 5th / 1879
  4. [Fuschsias, red] / Harriet Scott
  5. The pic of Tangulda (from the West) / N.S. Wales / From Sir T.L. Mitchells expedition / by Harriet Scott
  6. Foxgloves / Ash Island / Helena Scott 1854
  7a. Sparaxis / Mesembryanthus / Ranunculas Asiaticus [four flowers, one unidentified] / Helena Scott / Ash Island / 1854
  7b. [Moth and chrysalid]
  8a. Sweet Peas / Fuchsia / Star of Bethlehem / Ornithogalum / Malope bifidas / Helena Scott / Ash Island 1854
  8b. [Landscapes and perspective drawings, unfinished sketches]
  9. Small China Pink. / Helena Scott. [In pencil on reverse] "Mary A. Scott / G.M. Scott [crossed out]"
  10. Amaryllis / Belladonna / 1859 / Helena Forde. [In pencil on reverse] "M. & M.S Shaw"
  11a. Plate I / Cordyceps Scottianus. n.s. / Rough proof only - The first impressions will be formed / A. Oliffe / Surface of ground / Surface of ground / Found at Ash Island, Hunter River, growing on larva of large / Lucomid Beetles / Helena Forde del. H.S. Burton, lith.
  11b. Ripe date fruit found at / Ash Island 1856
  11c. [Man reading] Dedicated to 'Uncle Neen' / His affectionate Niece, Nellie / Copied from a collection of Original / Etchings by Rembrandt &c. / H. Forde. April 1865
  12. H. Cumminghami / Largest flatshell animal pinkish brown / with darker lines [right of centre] Dark blackish brown shell / H. Blomfildi / one specimen / with cleft tail [two snails] / Helena Forde
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  The drawings are looseleaf and were hinged onto pages at an unknown date.
  Nos. 1-3, 5-7, and 10-12 have a circular shaped green [auction?] sticker on the reverse with the number "1288" in blue ink. Nos. 8 and 9 have a similar sticker with the number "1017".
  No. 7 originally had the drawing [Scorpion] (DG *D44 Vol.3 No.16) attached to the reverse.
  No. 11 consists of two sheets with sketch 11c on the reverse of 11b.
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Most drawings are signed and are titled.
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Scott, A. W. (Alexander Walker), 1800-1883
  Scott, Harriet, 1830-1907
  Forde, Helena, 1832-1910
  
• Topic
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  botanical illustrations
  flowers
  snails
  
• Place
  Ash Island (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE4562867

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