442733
- Title[Scrap album of miscellaneous drawings, ca. 1825-1864 - owned by David Scott Mitchell]
- Call numberPXC 283
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1825-1826, 1829-1831, 1833, 1836, 1843, 1845-1847, 1850-1851, 1853-1854, 1858-1859, 1861-1862, 1864 - Type of material
- Reference code442733
- Issue CopyDigitised
- Physical Description1 volume (138 pages) - 28.4 x 21.8 x 4.8 cm.
- Scope and ContentThe album contains miscellaneous material including prints, watercolour and pencil drawings, and ephemera such as greeting cards by various artists. At the back of the volume is a handwritten contents list. Some of the subjects include sentimental genre scenes, poetry and prose, portraits, landscapes of Australian and overseas views, animals, maps, churches and cathedrals, Chinese themed scenes, parodies of social life and customs, and photographs of Bombay and group portrait of officers of the 5th Regiment of B.N.F. in 1858. Artists include: Knapp family members, Bowdich, Wakeman, Hobson, Else, Kent, Whale, Cowper, Knight, Isaac, Gunton, Rodd, Townsend, Fraser, Les, Hayward, Hedger, Page, Bailey, Wilson, Cruttwell, Fox, Bird, Justice, and Nedham.
The following is an incomplete list of some of the drawings:
14. Anna, 1864 / F.H. Knapp
24b. The Harbour in Sydney - New South Wales - / by E. Knapp
34b. Mount Knapp - Moreton Bay, Coogin Coogin plains, 1846 [titled and dated on work]. [On album page beneath image] "Mount / Knapp / named after E.J.H. Knapp Esqre - of Sydney - New South Wales - / by Allan Cunninghame Esqre - / the celebrated Botanist and Explorer"
43a. [Likeness of J.H.K., portrait in pencil] / T. Cowper Nov. 1845
61a. Anna / March 64- [with text] What a pity such a nice girl should have a snub nose! ...
70. Pipe versus Segar! ... / H.J. Townsend des. 1830
82. [Kangaroo hunt] / T. Balcombe
88a [Four portrait silhouettes of women] 1. M.A.S. [Mary Ann]; 2. E.F.S. ; 3. F.E.E. [Felicia] 1851 ; 4. E.M.E. 1851
125a. Fanny Mary Ann Knapp / 1853
125c. Edward [with dedicated flysheet] "To / Aunty Fanny / from her / Affectionate and sincerely attached / Nephew / Edward J.H. Knapp"
125d. Kate Laura Louisa Knapp / taken by her dear Father / as she lay asleep - 1853 -" - General note
Many of the drawings are by Knapp family members.
The earliest item that is dated is a poem by Sybelea Waterman in 1825.
According to the index, the portrait silhouettes on page 88a are Felicia, Emily, Mary Ann, and Eliza.
Some pages have more than one item.
The pages are interleaved with coloured paper.
Some items are loose within the album. Pages 12, 80, and 133 do not have illustrations.
Album pages are watermarked, "Whatman / Turkey Mill / 1824"
"D.S. Mitchell" signature on front endpaper.
Digital order no:Album ID : 1261056 - Signatures / Inscriptions
Most drawings are signed in ink or pencil.
Many are dated.
Embossed on spine, "Scrap / Book." - Creator/Author/Artist
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