• Title
  A collection of drawings in watercolour, ink and pencil : illustrative of the life, character & scenery of Melbourne 1850-1862. Fourth series / drawn by William Strutt
• Creator
  William Strutt, 1825-1915
• Call number
  DL PXX 8
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1850-1862
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings, Watercolours, Textual Records
• Reference code
  457950
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 album of 23 ff. of drawings, printed matter, embossed seal - 32 x 44.5 cm. in box.
  
• Scope and Content
  Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952.
  Detailed contents list available.
  Contains drawings and photographs pasted on leaves, with captions in Strutt's handwriting below many of the items.
  Predominantly botanical and animal studies.
  
  f.1 Title page: A Collection of Drawings in / Watercolour, Ink & Pencil / By William Strutt. R.B.C. F.Z.S. / Illustrative of the life, Character & / Scenery of Melbourne / 1850-1862 / Fourth Series
  f.2a White Oleander - July 29th / 1878 ....
  f.2b Eucaliptus
  f.2c Sketch of Gum foliage
  f.3a Red Gum foliage - Melbourne -
  f.3b Oleander.
  f.4a The Nardoo Plant / Sketched in Conservatory of Botanical Garden / Melbourne. December 1861
  f.4b Ferns Melbourne. Australia
  f.5a Correa Speciosa / Australia Fuchia. Melbourne 1961
  f.5b Australian Wattle Tree
  f.5c Wild flower / ferns on bank [Annotated sketches]
  f.6 .... Peppermint Tree
  f.7a [Studies of leaves] Christ at Lazarus Tomb - For picture cf.
  f.7b Red Gum Foliage / Melbourne
  f.8 Peppermint Gum Tree / Near Melbourne / Australian
  f.9a Peppermint Trees - / showing the shaggy, loose bark
  f.9b Nerium Oleander / Kew August 3rd 1880
  f.9c Australian Cherry tree foliage
  f.10a .... Peppermint or Gum Tree / near Melbourne / Australia
  f.10b .... Peppermint Tree / .....
  f.10c The lovely / Areca Sapida / New Zealand / Nikau Kew [Annotated]
  f.11 ... The Werribee River. Near Melbourne
  f.12 Study of Peppermint Tree. Sketched at Prahran / From our Cottage. Near Melbourne / Australia
  f.13a [Study of gum leaves]
  f.13b Nerium Oleander ....
  f.14a [Studies of cattle]
  f.14b [Studies of cattle]
  f.14c [Bullock, head lowered]
  f.15a [Studies of cattle]
  f.15b [Studies of cattle]
  f.15c [Studies of cattle]
  f.15d Horse Skull - / Sketches in Mr. Hall's paddock - Williams Town. Melbourne / Victoria
  f.16a [Studies of cattle]
  f.16b [Studies of cattle]
  f.16c [Studies of cattle]
  f.17a [Studies of cattle]
  f.17b [Studies of cattle]
  f.17c [Studies of cattle]
  f.17d [Studies of cattle]
  f.17e [Studies of cattle. Captioned ' Studies for picture of Black Thursday']
  f.18a [Bullock] from nature
  f.18b [Skull of bullock]
  f.18c [Head of bullock]
  f.18d Horses Skull back view
  f.18e The same showing inferior maxillaries - / [Captain to both d) and e) sketched in a paddock near William's Town - Melbourne
  f.19a [Studies of cattle] Spanish -
  f.19b [Studies of the heads of cattle] Presumbaly for 'Black Thursday']
  f.20a Studies for picture of "Black Thursday"
  f.20b Studies for picture of "Black Thursday"
  f.20c Studies for picture of "Black Thursday"
  f.20d Studies for picture of "Black Thursday"
  f.21a [Studies of cattle]
  f.21b [Studies of cattle. Captioned 'A sick cow - cattle Market]
  f.21c [Studies of cattle]
  f.22a Effect of Clouds sketched at Sea / from deck of Great Britain S.S. 1862
  f.22b Effect of Clouds sketched at Sea / from deck of Great Britain S.S. 1862
  f.22c Wandering Albatross [with sailing ship]
  f.23a [Acknowledgment from the Trustees of the Melbourne Public Library to William Strutt for his presentation of 12 Pamphlets & Letters to the Church of Rome by Noel and 2 Pamphlets Classiques francais. Dated '25th January 1862' and with engraved letterhead showing the Melbourne Public Library]
  f.23b The late / Dr Becker's design for Seal - .
  f.23c A Maori Carved Club / .... found in 1855, by the artist, Mr. William Strutt ......
  
  
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Bound by Sangorski & Suttcliffe, London, quarter leather (blue morocco).
  Hand lettered title page.
  Some of the drawings of plants and birds are annotated.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1301445
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Some are signed, "William Strutt", "W. Strutt", or "W. S."
  Most are captioned below the item; some have annotations on the picture.
  Some are dated.
• Subject
  Art, Colonial--Australia.
  
• Topic
  native plants
  botanical illustrations
  
• Place
  Melbourne (Vic.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  A fine field for botanizing - State Library of New South Wales (7 August, 1981 - 21 March, 1982). Applies to: f. 4.
  Heroes and Villains : Strutt's Australia - National Library of Australia (July 2015 - November 2016)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3239247

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