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Title
Album of sketches in England and Sydney, ca. 1831 / drawn by Conrad Martens
Creator
Conrad Martens, 1801-1878
Call number
DL PX 31
Level of description
fonds
Date

ca. 1831-1831
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Drawings, Watercolours
Reference code
825959
Issue Copy
Digitised
Physical Description
1 album - 13 pencil sketches, 3 grey wash drawings, and 7 watercolours, and 1 oil - 22.4 x 34.2 cm
Scope and Content
f.1 [A farmhouse on water]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
f.2 [A woodland path]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
f.3 Rochester Castle. Unsigned. Undated. Titled on mount in Sir William Dixson’s (?) hand at lower right.
f.4 Fort Denison, Sydney Harbour. Unsigned. Undated. Titled on mount in Sir William Dixson’s (?) hand at lower right.
f.5 Greenoakes Lodge. Unsigned. Undated. Titled on mount in Sir William Dixson’s (?) hand at lower right.
f.6 End of house showing three archways. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. ‘English’ is written in Sir William Dixson’s (?) hand on mount at lower right.
f.7 Church with square tower. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. ‘English’ is written in Sir William Dixson’s (?) hand on mount at lower right.
f.8 Church with two steeples. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. ‘English’ is written in Sir William Dixson’s (?) hand on mount at lower right.
f.9 Cliffs at Bondi. Unsigned. Undated. Titled on mount in Sir William Dixson’s (?) hand at lower right. Similar to “Cliffs near Bondi” in his ‘Album of sketches and wash drawings of Sydney’ (ref: PX 27, f.23)
f.10 Liverpool Ranges(?) Unsigned. Undated. Titled on mount in Sir William Dixson’s (?) hand at lower right.
f.11 [Cathedral Towers]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. ‘Nicholson or? Martens. English’ is written in Sir William Dixson’s (?) hand on mount at lower right. Sir William’s contents list states that the painting is ‘not by Martens’.
f.12 [Coastal or lake view]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
f.13 [Church with square tower]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. ‘English’ is written in Sir William Dixson’s (?) hand on mount at lower right.
f.14 Sunrise at the Heads. Unsigned. Undated. Titled on mount at lower right in Sir William Dixson’s (?) hand.
f.15 [A nun]. Signed ‘S.M.’ Undated. Untitled.
f.16 Entrance to Botanical Gardens, Sydney. Unsigned. Undated. Titled on mount in Sir William Dixson’s (?) hand at lower right. Similar to the lithograph ‘Lower Lodge Domain Sydney’ in his ‘Sketches in the environs of Sydney’, ref: ML Q981.1M.
f.17 Scotch Firs. Unsigned. Dated ‘May 20, 1831’ and titled at lower right.
f.18 [Cloud study]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
f.19 Botany Bay, monument to La Perouse. Unsigned. Undated. Titled at lower left.
f.20 [Punts]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. ‘English’ is written in Sir William Dixson’s (?) hand on mount at lower right.
f.21 [Gable window]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
f.22 [An old cottage]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. ‘English’ is written in Sir William Dixson’s (?) hand on mount at lower right.
f.23 [Banana leaves]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
f.24 [An old church]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. ‘?Henry Martens’ is written on mount at lower right in Sir William Dixson’s (?) hand, followed by ‘?S.America France’ in same hand.
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
General note

‘Sketches – Conrad Martens’ – Spine
Bookplate of ‘Sir William Dixson’ – Inside front cover.
Digital order no:Album ID : 1003202
Subject
Art, Colonial--Australia.
Martens, Conrad, 1801-1878--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Topic
landscapes (views)
houses
churches
shorelines
trees
castles
boats
plants
nuns
Place
La Perouse Monument (Botany Bay, N.S.W.)
Lower Lodge (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Sydney Heads (N.S.W.)
Bondi (N.S.W.)
Greenoaks (Darling Point, N.S.W.)
Fort Denison (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Rochester Castle (Kent, England)
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