• Title
  Album of views in England, some in Scotland, France, New South Wales and South America, ca. 1829-1835 / drawn by Conrad Martens
• Creator
  Conrad Martens, 1801-1878
• Call number
  DL PX 34
  Status: Unavailable. Applies to: DL PX 34/Item 34
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1829-1835
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings, Watercolours
• Reference code
  825965
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 album - 7 pencil sketches and 29 watercolours - 27.6 x 33.5 cm
  
• Scope and Content
  f.1 Babbicombe. Unsigned. Dated and titled ‘Babbicombe July 24th 1829’ at lower right.
  f.2 [A country road]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. Attributed ‘Jacobson’ in Conrad Martens’ (?) hand on lower right of mount.
  f.3 Middle Harbour, near Balmoral. Signed ‘C.M.’ on lower right side of mount under picture. Undated. Titled on lower left side of mount.
  f.4 [Waterlilies]. Signed ‘CM’ on lower right side of mount. Undated. ‘English’ written on lower left side of mount.
  f.5 Exmouth. Signed ‘C Martens’ on mount, lower right beneath picture. Undated. Titled beside signature.
  f.6 [Storm in the mountains]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. Probably by Martens, and possibly in South America, although the picture is damaged almost beyond recognition.
  f.7 [Castle ruins]. Signed ‘CM’ on lower right of mount. Undated. ‘English’ written on lower left side of mount.
  f.8 [Newstone Rock?] Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.9 [Dartmoor Gaol, after Cousens]. Signed ‘CM’ on lower right of mount. Undated. Untitled. Note ‘after Cozens’ at bottom on back of picture and also ‘After Cousens’ [sic] on lower left of mount.
  f.10 [Sea coast]. Signed ‘CM’ on lower right of mount. Undated. Untitled. Unfinished.
  f.11 Devon. Signed ‘CM’ and titled on lower right of mount. Undated.
  f.12 Cumberland Lakes. Unsigned. Undated. Titled at lower right in Marten’s (?) hand. Above title is ‘Nicholson’ in the same hand.
  f.13 Santa Cruz River, South America. Signed ‘CM’ in lower right corner. Undated. Titled on the mount near initials.
  f.14 [Coastal scene]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. ‘English’ written on lower left side of mount and underneath lower left of painting.
  f.15 [Lake scene]. Signed ‘CM’ on lower right of mount. Undated. Untitled. Unfinished sketch in pencil on back of picture.
  f.16 [Landscape with castle]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.17 The Castle, Plessyla Tour, France. Unsigned. Undated. Titled in Conrad Martens’ hand on lower left hand side of mount. Ascribed to Henry Martens. See references in ‘Conrad Martens, the man and his art’ by Lionel Lindsay (ref: ML Q759.29)
  f.18 Moonlight. Signed ‘CM’ on lower right side of mount. Undated. Titled on painting, adjacent to initials.
  f.19 [A windmill]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. Possibly Exmouth.
  f.20 [A ruined castle]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.21 [A ruined castle]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.22 [A ruined castle]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.23 [Coastal scene]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.24 [Lily pond]. Signed ‘CM’ on lower right of mount. Undated. Untitled. ‘English’ written on lower left side of mount.
  f.25 [Moonrise]. Signed ‘CM’ on lower right of mount. Undated. Untitled.
  f.26 [Coastal scene with lime kiln]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.27 [Lake scene]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. Mss. notes on back of picture.
  f.28 View of Lynmouth, North Devon. Unsigned. Undated. Titled on back of picture.
  f.29 Lynmouth, N. Devon. Signed ‘C.Martens’ and dated ‘1829’ on lower right. Titled on lower left.
  f.30 [Ruined castle]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.31 [A farmhouse]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.32 Littleham Church, near Exmouth. Signed and titled across the top of the back of picture. Undated.
  f.33 [A farmhouse]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.34 [A fishing hamlet]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.35 [Exmouth, Devon]. Unsigned. Undated. Titled in lower left.
  f.36 [Cactus flower]. 28th March 1833. Unsigned. Untitled. Drawn directly into album on back of f.35.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Published Information
  Conrad Martens, the man and his art’ by Lionel Lindsay
• Description source
  
  SLNSW Mitchell Library Pictures Card Catalogue
• General note
  
  Bookplate of ‘Sir William Dixson’ – Inside front cover.
• Subject
  Art, Colonial--Australia.
  Martens, Conrad, 1801-1878--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
  
• Topic
  landscapes (views)
  houses
  shorelines
  trees
  castles
  plants
  bridges
  thatched roofs
  lakes
  farmhouses
  
• Place
  Exmouth (England)
  Middle Harbour (N.S.W.)
  Babbicombe (Torquay, England)
  Dartmoor Prison
  Santa Cruz River (Ariz. and Mexico)
  Plessala (France)
  Lynmouth (England)
  Littleham Church (England)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE8672101

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