• Title
  Sketchbook of drawings and notes, mostly concerning the construction of St. Thomas Church, ca. 1842-1846 / drawn by Conrad Martens
• Creator
  Conrad Martens, 1801-1878
• Call number
  DL PX 19
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1842-1846
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  825886
• Physical Description
  1 sketchbook (50 leaves) - 44 pencil drawings, 4 watercolour and wash, and manuscript notes - 8 x 11.5 cm
  
• Scope and Content
  Front endpaper contains pocket with label of: ‘William Dixson’.
  Flyleaf. [Notes and a rough sketch of a church]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  
  f.1 New Govt. House. Unsigned. Dated ‘May 1843’ and titled at lower right.
  f.2 [House by the water]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. On the reverse side is a newscutting, regarding items stolen from Mr. Claxton’s studio, has been pasted.
  f.3 [Five studies of goats]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.4 [Studies of goats]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.4a [ Harbour scene]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.5 [Sydney Harbour, showing Fort Macquarie]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.6 [Studies for landscapes: three sketches]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.6a [Study of ship]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.7 [Sydney Harbour from the Rocks]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.8 [Two studies of goats]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.9 [Study of man seated]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.10 From the North Shore. Unsigned. Undated. Titled at lower right.
  f.11 [Harbourside scene]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.12 [Study of a sailing ship]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.13 [Sydney from St. Leonards]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.14 [Unfinished sketch, possibly Government House]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.15 [Studies for landscapes: four sketches]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.16 [Nobby’s Newcastle]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. Identified from ‘Nobby Rock’ (ref: PXC 295 f.77).
  f.17 [Plan of seed bed]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.18 [Upper Lodge, Domain]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.19 [Lower Lodge, Domain]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.20 [Unidentified church]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.21 Newcastle church. Unsigned. Undated. Titled at lower left. This drawing shows a church with some similarities to Christchurch, Newcastle, but is not identical to other pictures of it.
  f.22 Mitchell’s Pass. Unsigned. Undated. Titled at upper right.
  f.23 Lansdowne Bridge. Unsigned. Undated. Titled at upper right.
  f.24 Distant view of Botany Bay. Unsigned. Undated. Titled at lower left.
  f.25 Pyrmont. Unsigned. Dated ‘April 12th 44-’ and titled at upper left.
  f.26 [Studies for landscapes: three sketches]. Unsigned. Dated ‘July 26/44’ in lower right. Untitled. Mss. notes above date.
  f.27 [Study for a landscape]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.28 [Study for a mountain landscape]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.29 [Study for a mountain landscape]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.30 [Stone portico]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.31 [Harbour scene]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.32 [Mountain road]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  On the reverse side, upside down in relation to other pictures, there is an unfinished pencil sketch of Moorish style arches.
  f.33 [Country scene with gum trees and mountain background]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  On the reverse side there is a note titled ‘Cure for Venom Bites’.
  f.34 [Harbourside scene]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. On the upper half of the page there are notes regarding colours, titled ‘For Portraits’.
  On the reverse side there is a list of donors entitled ‘For finishing Church’.
  f.35 [Sketches of pews]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. There are notes on the page regarding accounts for a church
  On the reverse side, Similar notes (to f.35).
  f.36 [Architectural motifs]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. There are notes on the page regarding accounts for a church.
  f.37 [Architectural motifs]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. There are notes on the page regarding accounts for a church.
  f.38 [Architectural motifs]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. There are notes on the page regarding accounts for a church.
  f.38a Mss. notes: ‘Received from ... on sale, 18 copies of View of Sydney, signed J.F. Ford ... Dec 8/48’.
  f.39 [Architectural motifs]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. There are notes on the reverse page regarding dispatch of pictures to Fords. ‘March 2 1846, sent to Fords, View of Sydney, 6 copies’.
  f.40 [Architectural motifs]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. There are notes on the reverse page concerning a list of artists and a note regarding the clearing of the burial ground.
  f.41 [Architectural motifs]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  On the reverse side of the page, and on both sides of pages following (ff.42-43) there are notes concerning accounts for the church and parsonage.
  f.42 Notes concerning accounts for the church and parsonage.
  f.43 Notes concerning accounts for the church and parsonage.
  f.44 Iron Cove. Unsigned. Dated ‘May 14.46’, and titled at lower right.
  f.45 [Tree lined road with horse and cart]. Unsigned. Dated ‘June 4’ at lower left. Untitled.
  f.46 [Architectural motifs]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.46a Locquats Elswick. Unsigned. Dated ‘10 Sept’ and titled at right.
  f.47 [Study of statue of Sir Richard Burke]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. There are notes concerning various subjects on the same page and also on the leaves preceeding and following it.
  f.48 [Study of statue of Sir Richard Burke]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. There are notes concerning various subjects on the same page and also on the leaves preceeding and following it.
  f.49 [Study of statue of Sir Richard Burke]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. There are notes concerning various subjects on the same page and also on the leaves preceeding and following it.
  f.50 [Study of statue of Sir Richard Burke]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. There are notes concerning various subjects on the same page and also on the leaves preceeding and following it.
• Description source
  
  SLNSW Mitchell Library Pictures Card Catalogue
• General note
  
  "Penny's improved patent, 4" -- spine
• Name
  Bourke, Richard, Sir, 1777-1855
  
• Subject
  Martens, Conrad, 1801-1878--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
  Art, Colonial--Australia.
  Architecture, Colonial--New South Wales.
  
• Topic
  houses
  bush
  landscapes (views)
  churches
  goats
  mountains
  architectural drawings
  design (art)
  
• Place
  Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.)
  Government House (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  St. Thomas' Anglican Church (North Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Nobbys (Newcastle, N.S.W.)
  Domain Lodge (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Lennox Bridge (Lapstone, N.S.W.)
  Lansdowne Bridge (Lansvale, N.S.W.)
  Botany Bay (N.S.W.)
  Pyrmont (N.S.W.)
  Iron Cove (N.S.W.)
  Lower Lodge (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  
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