• Title
  Sketchbook of drawings in England and South America, ca. 1827-1834 / drawn by Conrad Martens
• Creator
  Conrad Martens, 1801-1878
• Call number
  DL PX 12
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1827-1834
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  825875
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 sketchbook - 23 pencil drawings with manuscript notes - 10 x 13 cm
  
• Scope and Content
  [Front endpaper, upside down. Miscellaneous notes and figures.]
  f.1 [Studies of female figures.] Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. At the right side of the sketch are accounts, and below it is a study of land form.
  f.1 verso [Pencil sketch of the view through a doorway.] Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.1a [Notes. Page torn.]
  f.1a verso [Notes.]
  f.2 [Notes about geology.]
  f.2 verso Sunday evening. [Faint pencil sketch with notes.]
  f.3 [Notes about geology.]
  f.3 verso [Notes.]
  f.4 Golden cap. Unsigned. Undated. Titled in top right corner.
  f.5 [Blank]
  f.6 Chideock, Dorset. Unsigned. Dated ‘1827’ and titled at lower right. There is a note written across the top of the drawing, possibly in dialect.
  f.6 verso [Note about the length of a cable.]
  f.7 Exmouth. Unsigned. Dated ‘Augst 1828’ and titled at lower right.
  f.8 [Faint pencil sketch possibly of river estuary. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.]
  f.8 verso [upside down] Rio dila Plata. Unsigned. Undated; from the time Martens spent in South America, 1832-1834. Titled at upper right.
  f.9 verso [upside down] Monte Video. Unsigned. Undated; from the time Martens spent in South America, 1832-1834. Titled at lower right.
  f.10 [Blank]
  f.11 verso [upside down] [Studies of native canoes]. Unsigned. Undated; from the time Martens spent in South America, 1832-1834. Untitled. Notes along lower edge read ‘Staten Land 3000‘ and ‘High land about 1511 called Wager Peak.’
  f.12 verso [upside down] [Two studies, possibly of a Terra del Fuegan.] Unsigned. Undated; dated from time Martens was in South America, 1832-1834. Untitled.
  f.13 verso [upside down] [Study of canoes]. Unsigned. Undated; dated from time Martens was in South America, 1832-1834. Untitled. Note at upper left reads ‘length 5½’.
  f.14 [View of mountainous coast and sailing ship.] Unsigned. Undated; dated from time Martens was in South America, 1832-1834. Untitled.
  f.14 verso [upside down] [Pencil sketch, possibly of a Patagonian camp.] Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.15 [upside down] [Canoe studies.] Unsigned. Undated; dated from time Martens was in South America, 1832-1834. Untitled.
  f.15 verso [upside down] [Canoe studies.] Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.16 [upside down] [Canoe study.] Unsigned. Undated; dated from time Martens was in South America, 1832-1834. Untitled.
  f.17-f.16 verso [upside down] [Coastal scene]. Unsigned. Undated; dated from time Martens was in South America, 1832-1834. Untitled.
  f.17 verso [Study of sailing boat, drawn at right angle over partly erased and indecipherable pencil notes.] Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.18 [upside down] Port S’Julian. Unsigned. Undated; dated from time Martens was in South America, 1832-1834. Titled at lower right.
  f.19-f.18 verso. [Spanish-English and English-Spanish vocabulary.]
  f.19 verso [upside down] [English-Spanish vocabulary and expenditure list.]
  f.20 [Watercolour wash.]
  f.20 verso [Faint sketch.]
  f.21 verso [upside down] [Coastal scene with buildings.] Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.22 [Landscape.] Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.22 verso [upside down] [Street scene.] Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.23 [Sketch of gate and gatehouse.] Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.23 verso [Notes regarding unity of colour in paintings.]
  [Back endpaper. Miscellaneous notes and figures.]
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Description source
  
  SLNSW Mitchell Library Pictures Card Catalogue
• Variant title
  
  Martens Sketch Book 3
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Label in Sir William Dixon’s hand: “Martens Sketch Book 3” -- cover
• Subject
  Martens, Conrad, 1801-1878--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
  
• Topic
  landscapes (views)
  villages (overseas)
  seascapes (views)
  canoes
  
• Place
  Devon (England)
  Plymouth (England)
  Dorset (England)
  South America
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE15840982

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