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Title
[Collection of lithographs and sketches, 1853-1874] / by S.T. Gill
Creator
Samuel Thomas Gill, 1818-1880
Call number
PX*D 384
Level of description
fonds
Date

1853-1874
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Watercolours, Prints
Reference code
457288
Issue Copy
Digitised
Physical Description
Drawings - 2 watercolours - 34.5 x 48.5 cm. (or smaller)
Prints - 42 lithographs (includes duplicate copies) - 39 x 54.5 cm. (or smaller)
Collection history
The following sketches are from the David Scott Mitchell Collection. 1. [Coo-ee in the bush] 2. [Hard-pressed or flight of a bushranger]. In pencil on reverse in Library Officer's hand `Inscriptions disappeared during cleaning in Jan 1952' Provenance of item derived from a list of material that was deposited with the National Art Gallery (Art Gallery of N.S.W.), prior to the Mitchell Library's opening in 1910.
Scope and Content
[i] Bookplate from `Mitchell Library Sydney' on verso of portfolio cover
1. [Coo-ee in the bush], 1874
2. [Hard-pressed or flight of a bushranger], 1874
3a-b. A city of Melbourne solicitor (original located at *D 383)
4. A city of Melbourne solicitor
5a-b. Spirits in bond
6. Spirits in bond
7a-b. Ease without opulence
8. Ease without opulance
9a-b. On the board of works
10. The chair, 1852
11. [Natives]
12. The Irish emigrant
13. Entrance to Port Jackson. Fort Denison, looking east. Dawes Point & Battery. Battery, Lady Macquarie's Chair (4 images on 1 sheet)
14-21. The Bible Hall, Sydney, 1861
22. [Kangaroo hunting, The Meet]
23-24. Kangaroo hunting, No. 2 The Chase
25-27. Kangaroo hunting, No. 3 The Death
28. Collins Street (looking west from Russell St.), 1853
29-30. Review of the volunteer forces by His Excellency Sir William Thomas Denison, in the Outer Domain Sydney, on Saturday 19th January 1861
31a. Attack on store dray
31b. Emu sneaking
32a. Stockman
32b. Cattle branding
33a. The new rush
33b. Splitters
34a. [Road in Black forest?]
34b. [Gold escort]
35. [Gold washing]
36. [Licensing tent]
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955 (applies to watercolours)
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Published Information
No 12. published as a music cover illustration for The Irish emigrant [music] : quadrilles / by Marmaduke H. Wilson. Sydney : J.R. Clarke, [1859] ( J. Degotardi).¶¶Reference:¶National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.mus-an5397180 (accessed 3 December, 2012)¶¶Nos. 31-33 published in `Australian sketchbook' / S.T.Gill
General note

Titles, dates and signatures only on selected works
Digital order no:Album ID : 861737
Signatures / Inscriptions

All works are signed `S.T.G.' except No. 22 and No. 34-36
Attributions / conjectures

Nos. 34-36 are attributed to S.T. Gill. Similar works are published in `Golden years: 1851-1951' / E.A. Doyle. Melbourne : Victorian Government, [1951] (Melbourne : Specialty Press)
Subject
David Scott Mitchell Collection.
Topic
Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
armed forces
axemen
branding
buildings, structures & establishments
bullocks
bush
bush life
bushrangers
horsedrawn carriages
cattle
churches
dogs
emus
gold miners
gold panning
gold-diggings
horses
hunting
kangaroos
military parades
police
roosters
rowing boats
sailing boats
solicitors
stockmen
tents
city & town streets
Place
Collins Street (Melbourne, Vic.)
Dawes Point (N.S.W.)
Fort Denison (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Mrs Macquarie's Chair (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Port Jackson (N.S.W.)
Exhibited in

Equinity - State Library of New South Wales (15 October - 10 December, 2007). Applies to: no.2, no.24
On Sale! Shops & Shopping - State Library of New South Wales (August 2011 - November 2011). Applies to: no. 10
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