• Title
  Sketchbook of scenes in and around Sydney, ca. 1855-1856 / drawn by Conrad Martens
• Creator
  Conrad Martens, 1801-1878
• Call number
  DL PX 16
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1855-1856
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  825883
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 sketchbook (37 leaves) - 21 pencil and 19 pencil, watercolour and wash drawings - 13.8 x 19 cm
  
• Scope and Content
  Front endpaper. [View of sailing ships]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. Notes on back in ink and pencil. Sketch attached to front cover on which is: ‘Conrad Martens, his book – St. Leonards North Shore’ and unfinished sketch of ship.
  f.1 [Sketches of Ferry Queen, Government House, Fort Denison, merchant ship and yacht]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. Note at lower right ‘merchant vessels show much copper, usually a light tea green color’.
  f.1 verso [Sketches of sailing ship and ship’s mast].
  f.2 [Sketches of sailing ships and house amid trees]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. Note ‘vindsale [?] at foremast’.
  f.3 Herald [sailing ship]. Unsigned. Undated. Notes around drawing.
  f.4 [View of house near water and rowing boat]. Unsigned. Dated ‘June 25th/55’ at lower left. Untitled.
  f.4 verso-f.5 North Head, Port Jackson. Unsigned. Dated ‘June 28th 1855’ and titled at lower centre.
  f.6 Milsons Point Road, St. Leonards, N. Shore. Unsigned. Dated ‘1855’ and titled at lower right.
  f.7 Double Bay. Unsigned. Dated ‘July 3‘ and titled at lower right.
  f.8 Beulah. Cap. Riley. Unsigned. Undated. Titled at lower right.
  f.9 Circular Quay, Sydney. Immigrants Landing. Unsigned. Undated. Titled at top right.
  f.10 [Rowing boat and two figures with sketch above of distant ships]. Unsigned. Dated ‘August 6/55’ in lower right corner. Untitled.
  f.11 [View of people in rowing boat]. Unsigned. Dated ‘Aug 23 1855’. Untitled.
  f.12 H.M.S. Torch. Unsigned. Dated ‘Augst. 27th 1855’ and titled at lower right.
  f.13 Old South Head Road. Unsigned. Dated ‘Sept. 4 1855’ and titled at upper left.
  f.14 [Sketches, of paddle ferry, sailing ship, yacht and trees]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.15 [View of Fort Macquarie]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.16 Lavender Bay. Unsigned. Undated. Titled at lower right.
  f.17 Balmoral. Hunters Bay or Edwards Bay. Unsigned. Dated ‘Sept 29th 1855’ and titled at lower left.
  f.18 Hunters Bay. Unsigned. Dated ‘Sept 29’ and titled at lower right.
  f.19 From Domain. Unsigned. Dated ‘Oct 20’ and titled at lower right.
  f.20 [Unfinished sketch of landscape]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. Notes on sketch concerning colours.
  f.21 North Shore. Unsigned. Dated ‘Nov 17/55’ and titled at lower right.
  f.21 verso-f.22 Echo Farm, Middle Harbour. Unsigned. Dated ‘Feb. 21/56’ and titled at lower right.
  f.22 verso-f.23 [View of Sydney Harbour showing Fort Macquarie and Government House]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. Note ‘Kirribilli’ at extreme left.
  f.24 [Water view, probably of North Shore of Sydney Harbour]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.25 [View from North Shore of Sydney Harbour, family group in foreground]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.26 Upper and Lower Pool, Ironbark Creek. Unsigned. Dated ‘March 28 1856’ and titled at lower right.
  f.27 Bivouac, Ironbark Creek, Middle Harbour. Unsigned. Dated ‘March 27. 56’ and titled at lower right.
  f.28 The next [morning]. Ironbark Creek. Unsigned. Dated ‘March 28/56’ and titled at lower right. Notes include ‘Sunrise’ and ‘fog clearing off’.
  f.29 Ironbark Creek. Unsigned. Dated ‘March 28th/56’ and titled at lower right.
  f.30 Middle Harbour. Unsigned. Dated ‘March 28th/56’ and titled at lower left.
  f.31 H.M.S. Herald. Unsigned. Dated ‘1856’ and titled at lower right.
  f.32 Bantry Bay. Unsigned. Dated ‘April 17th 56’ and titled at lower right.
  f.33 Brady’s House, Brady's Bay, Sandspit. Unsigned. Dated 'April 17th' and titled at upper right.
  f.33 verso-f.34 The Sandspit Middle Harbour fr Mr. Brady's. Unsigned. Undated. Titled at upper right.
  f.35 [Water view with rowing boat and figures repairing net]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.36 [Three sketches of views]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.36 verso [Sketch of tree]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. Traces of erased writing. Pasted to page.
  f.37 verso [Two sketches of sailing ships]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. Notes at left concerning colours. A third sketch has been erased.
• 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 7
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Label in Sir William Dixon’s hand: “Martens Sketch Book 7” -- cover
• Name
  Ferry Queen (paddle steamer)
  Herald (Ship)
  Torch (naval ship)
  
• Subject
  Martens, Conrad, 1801-1878--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
  Art, Colonial--Australia.
  Adult Females
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  ships
  bays
  houses
  paddle steamers
  children
  bush
  rowing boats
  migrants
  
• Place
  Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.)
  Government House (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Fort Denison (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  North Head (Port Jackson, N.S.W.)
  St. Leonards (N.S.W.)
  Ironbark Creek
  Middle Harbour (N.S.W.)
  Fort Macquarie (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  
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