• Title
  [Island sketches - album of watercolour and pencil drawings]
• Call number
  PX*D 281
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1865
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours, Drawings
• Reference code
  442448
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 sketchbook (containing 12 watercolours and 4 pencil drawings) - 33.5 x 49.8 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  Views of a town beside river with tropical vegetation and mountains in background.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  The drawings do not appear to be signed or dated, except for "J. [or L.] C." that appears in pencil at the lower right of p.1.
  Dated from an inscription that appears on a headstone in the drawing on page one, "iei Repose Augustine Emetis / setri ne a paris / le 24 Janrin 1841 decede / A port de France / le 26 Mai 1865 / Priez pourelle"
  Some of the drawings appear to have pencil colour notations.
  "D.S. Mitchell" signature on paper pasted onto title page.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1290403
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Title base on embossed text on spine
  In an unknown hand, "Water - Colour Sketches. / Artist unknown."
• Subject
  David Scott Mitchell Collection.
  
• Topic
  backyards
  banana palms
  boats
  buildings, structures & establishments
  churches
  coconut palms
  graves
  landscapes (artwork)
  mountains
  rivers
  city & town views
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3325224

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