• Title
  Collection of watercolours and pencil sketches, ca. 1870
• Creator
  Samuel Thomas Gill, 1818-1880
• Call number
  PX*D 109
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1870
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours, Drawings
• Reference code
  447400
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 6 watercolours and 5 pencil drawings - Various sizes; largest 31 cm. x 46.5 cm.; most approx. 24 cm. x 16 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  1. Orwell House near Sydney, NSW, NE Angle [Pencil heightened with white and black on yellow card]
  2. Orwell House near Sydney, NSW, SW Angle [Pencil heightened with white and black on yellow card]
  3. Detail undefined [Watercolour]
  4. A City of Melbourne Conveyancer [Watercolour]
  5. [Woman in grey and red dress][Watercolour]
  6. [Girl in riding habit][Watercolour]
  7. [Woman and child][Pencil]
  8. [Woman holding riding whip][Pencil]
  9. [Girl wearing jacket and pleated skirt][Pencil]
  10. [Great Western Road - Penrith in the distance][Watercolour]
  11. [In the Australian desert][Watercolour]
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  ff.1-4 titled at lower right
  ff.5, 7-11: titles first devised by cataloguer. ff.10 & 11 noted in card catalogue as titled on reverse in former library officer's hand, since obscured by application of new backing
  f.6 noted in card catalogue as titled on reverse, "probably in former library officer's hand"; since obscured by application of new backing
  ff.1-11 signed `S.T.G.' at lower left
  ff.1-10 are undated. The collection has been dated with reference to f.11, which is signed and dated `S.T.G./70' at lower left
  f.5: at lower right corner is written `2' in pencil
  f.7: at lower right corner is written `66' in pencil
  f.8: at lower right corner is written `65' in pencil
  Upper corners of ff.3, 4, 10 are rounded
  ff.1 & 2: Attorney and barrister John Stephen (1771-1833) received one of the original Darlinghurst grants of over 11 acres. His house, Orwell, was one of the first on the hill, being under construction in 1829. Reference: Villas of Darlinghurst exhibition catalogue / State Library of New South Wales. Sydney : State Library of New South Wales, 2002.
  f.2: One of the windmills near Roslyn Hall can be seen in the distance. In the background, the building at centre is possibly neighbouring Springfield.
  f. 3 [Detail undefined] [Watercolour] and f. 11 [In the Australian desert][Watercolour] are from the D.S. Mitchell bequest, 1907
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1289594
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  `London waiter, "Nob Sir! Nobular Nob"... / Austn. Digger, "Yes Mate," of Brandy just make it a Spider, or give us a Stone Fence if you like.' -- f.3, dialogue along lower edge of cartoon
• Subject
  David Scott Mitchell Collection.
  boys
  Adult Females
  girls
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  interiors
  boots
  cartoons
  coats
  colonial art
  death & dying (humans)
  deserts
  dogs
  dresses
  explorers
  fences
  horses
  houses
  ironwork
  landscapes (views)
  sketches
  ties
  watercolours
  
• Place
  Emu Plains (N.S.W.)
  Great Western Highway (Sydney)
  Orwell House (Darlinghurst, N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Villas of Darlinghurst - State Library of New South Wales (28 January - 23 June, 2002). Applies to: ff.1 & 2
  Looking East - S.H. Ervin Gallery (October 1984 - November 1984). Applies to: ff.1 & 2
  Sport in Australia - State Library of New South Wales (November 1992 - April 1993). Applies to: f.8
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3236216

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