• Title
  Sydney sketchbook, ca. 1835-1842 / drawn by Conrad Martens
• Creator
  Conrad Martens, 1801-1878
• Call number
  PXC 391
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1835-1842
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  825854
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 sketchbook (47 leaves) - 39 pencil, or pencil and wash sketches - 13 x 22 cm
  
• Scope and Content
  f.1 [Two unfinished pencil sketches]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.2 Monument to La Perouse, Botany Bay. Unsigned. Titled and dated, ‘June 27.35-‘ at lower left. Mss. notes concerning colours.
  f.3 [Unfinished sketch of a tree]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.4 View at Botany Bay. Unsigned. Titled and dated, ‘June 27- 35-‘ at lower left.
  f.5 Sydney Harbour & H.M.S. Hyacinth. Unsigned. Titled and dated, ‘June 28./35’ in upper right corner.
  f.6 No page numbered ‘f.6’.
  f.7 View from North Shore – Sydney. Unsigned. Titled and dated, ‘Augt. 16.35’ at lower right.
  f.8 North Shore. Unsigned. Titled and dated, ‘Aug. [?] 16.35’ at lower right.
  f.9 Double Bay. Unsigned. Titled and dated, ‘Augst. 30./35’ in lower right.
  f.10 Sydney Cove. Unsigned. Titled and dated, ‘Sep.15/35-‘ in upper right.
  f.11 Macquarie Fort. Unsigned. Titled and dated, ‘Sept. 16./35-‘ in lower right. Note ‘lime Kiln’ at lower centre left.
  f.12-f.15 No pages numbered ‘f.12-f.15’.
  f.16 In the Domain. Unsigned. Titled and dated, ‘Sep 25./35’ in lower right.
  f.17 North Head, Port Jackson. Unsigned. Titled and dated, ‘Sept.27-/35’ in lower right.
  f.18-f.19 No pages numbered ‘f.18-f.19’.
  f.20 Penrith Road. Unsigned. Titled and dated, ‘Decr.26/35-‘. Note ‘[illegile] of this re sold to Mr. Wise’ along lower edge. Notes on back partly erased.
  f.21 Elizabeth Bay. Unsigned. Titled and dated, ‘Decr. 1835’ at upper right. Notes on opposite page concerning plants and colours.
  f.21a Elizabeth Bay House. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.22 [Water scene, probably of Sydney Harbour]. Unsigned. Untitled. Dated, ‘Dec/35’ at lower left.
  f.23-f.24 Blank
  f.25 [View of Sydney Cove, with Fort Macquarie and Government House in the background]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.26 [Second Government House]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.27 [Unfinished sketch of a building]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. Mss. notes.
  f.28 Elswick – Norton Esq. Unsigned. Undated. Titled in upper right. [the residence has been identified as Rosebank (ref: PXn 662)
  f.29 [Unfinished sketch of house, fence and bushes in foreground]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.29a [Scene including Government House stables]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.30a Gov. Stables. Unsigned. Titled and dated, ‘[?]/42’ at lower right.
  f.31a Load of hay. Unsigned. Undated. Titled at lower right.
  f.32a [Sketches of three native figures – unfinished]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.33 Blank
  f.34a [Half sketch of figure]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.35a [Sketch of horse and cart carrying high load – unfinished]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.36a [Sketches of three figures, one on horseback. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. Indecipherable note at lower right.
  f.37a [Seven sketches of cattle, stockman in foreground]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.38a [Sketch of two native figures, one kneeling – unfinished]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.39 [Unfinished sketches of a seated figure and a figure holding a spear?]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.39a [Shore line scene, seated figure in right foreground – unfinished]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.40a [Three unfinished sketches; a sailing ship and two native figures]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.41a[Two unfinished sketches of native figures holding a spear]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.42 [Four unfinished sketches of figures]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.42a [Sketches of Aborigines, four figures – unfinished]. Unsigned. Untitled. Dated, ‘Augst./34’ at upper right.
  Loose sheets
  f.43 [Three sketches of sailing ships]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.44 Bondi Bay. Unsigned. Titled and dated, ‘June 20/35’ at upper right.
  Mss. notes concerning colours.
  f.45 [Shore line scene]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. Mss. notes concerning colours.
  f.46-f.47 Sydney from South Head Road. Unsigned. Titled and dated, ‘June 14./35-‘ in lower right. Mss. notes concerning colours.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Published Information
  Conrad Martens : life & art / Elizabeth Ellis. Sydney : State Library of New South Wales Press, 1994.
• Description source
  
  SLNSW Mitchell Library Pictures Card Catalogue.
• General note
  
  ‘Sydney etc.’ – Cover
  ‘C Martens Sketchbook’ - Spine
  Digital order no:Album ID : 852796
• Name
  Hyacinth (Ship)
  
• Subject
  Martens, Conrad, 1801-1878--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
  David Scott Mitchell Collection.
  Art, Colonial--Australia.
  Architecture, Colonial--New South Wales.
  
• Topic
  landscapes (views)
  shorelines
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  plants
  bush
  houses
  ships
  
• Place
  La Perouse Monument (Botany Bay, N.S.W.)
  Botany Bay (N.S.W.)
  Sydney (N.S.W.)
  Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.)
  North Sydney (N.S.W.)
  Fort Macquarie (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Elizabeth Bay House (N.S.W.)
  Government House (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Rose Bank (Darlinghurst, N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Charles Darwin Down Under 1836 - State Library of New South Wales. Applies to: no.20
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3239413

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