IMAGE
Seed Family, creator :Cuttings from the illustrated papers [Scrapbook of nineteenth-century illustrations and cuttings. 1870-1880s?]
- Date
- 1870 - 1900
- By
- Seed family; Connell, Marjorie Bertha, 1907-1995
- Reference
- E-927-f
- Description
Scrapbook containing greeting cards, scraps and illustrations cut from nineteenth century periodicals.
Content highlights include:
Pages:
2. Fruit illustrations
12. Flowers
15. Canoe race at Waikiou, Fiji
19. Portrait of the Czar of Russia, engraved by R & E Taylor
20. Portrait of the Czarina of Russia, engraved by R & E Taylor
21. Illustration of the crossing of the Red Sea
24. Bridge over the Murrumbidgee, Wagga Wagga, NSW
25. Greeting cards
33. William Eugen, Duke of Wurtemberg, and Vera Constantinowna, Grand Duchess of Russia
36. Mount Ida and Lake St Clair, Tasmania; [and] Oakden's Cave, near Chudleigh, Tasmania
38. Invitation to fair at the Garrison Hall Dunedin, 10-15 April 1882 [and] The roadstead, Timaru
39. F A Sleap, sc. [The Avon River, Christchurch and the Supreme Court building]
46. Matucana, in the Cordilleras, South America [and] Fall on the Lobster Rivulet, near Chudleigh, Tasmania
49. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamship Lusitania [and] View on Jackson's Creek, near Sunbury, Victoria
51. The Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia and the Duchess Mary of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
53. Emu Bay, Tasmania; [and] The coach road to Hokitika
55. Lord Gifford and advance scouts on the Adansi Hills warned by an Ashantee priest; [and] Setting fire to a village
61. Mandeville Hall, Toorak, the residence of Mr Joseph Clarke; [and] The South Melbourne Bowling Green, St Vincent Palce, Emerald-Hill
67. Triumphal arch on Bristol Bridge
68. Scraps featuring animals and butterflies
72. [Page of illustrations relating to the shipwreck of the 'Loch Ard', near Port Campbell, 1 June 1878; includes portraits likely to be of survivor Miss Eva Carmichael and crew member Tom Pearce].
76. Scraps featuring dogs and lions
77. Clifton Promenade, evening
78. Christmas cards
79. Landing place, Corinna River, Tasmania; [and] cartoon about Waltzing
81. The Wannon Falls, Victoria
83. The Palm House, Melbourne Botanic Gardens
89. Princes Street, Dunedin
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Physical Description: Blue hardbound scrapbook, 430 x 280 mm.
Provenance: Donated by Mrs Marjorie Bertha Connell in 1988.
Transfers: Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-1479, E-775/784, A-058-014/065, and PAColl-3307, as well as several items in the Ephemera Collection..
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Works of art, Collages, Clippings, Scraps (Decorations), Book illustrations, Blue hardbound scrapbook, 430 x 280 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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Artist unknown :The roadstead, Timaru [Illustrated Australian news, October 3, 1877]
Date: 1877
From: Seed Family, creator :Cuttings from the illustrated papers [Scrapbook of nineteenth-century illustrations and cuttings. 1870-1880s?]
By: Illustrated Australian news (Newspaper); Ebenezer & David Syme (Firm)
Reference: E-927-f-038-5
Description: Shows a view of Timaru from the south, with several ships in toe roadstead, The buildings of the town include a tall smoking chimney. At the left, and steam train travels southward. Date taken from State Library of Victoria catalogue (Retrieved from http://www.slv.vic.gov.au). This site also states that the engraving appeared in the Illustrated Australian news, published in Melbourne by Ebenezer and David Syme. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 106 x 228 mm.
Artist unknown :Lord Gifford and advance scouts on the Adansi Hills warned by an Ashant...
Date: 1873 - 1874
From: Seed Family, creator :Cuttings from the illustrated papers [Scrapbook of nineteenth-century illustrations and cuttings. 1870-1880s?]
By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)
Reference: E-927-f-055-1
Description: Illustrated London news site (http://www.ilnpictures.co.uk/) has the following notes: "The second Ashanti War fought between 1873-74, was between King Kofi Karikari, ruler of the Ashanti (or Asantehene), and the British. Both were trying to secure the coastal town of Elmina on the West Coast of Africa also known as the Gold Coast". Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 175 x 237 mm.
Sleap, F A, engraver :Emu Bay, Tasmania [Illustrated Australian news, March 21, 1879]
Date: 1879
From: Seed Family, creator :Cuttings from the illustrated papers [Scrapbook of nineteenth-century illustrations and cuttings. 1870-1880s?]
By: Illustrated Australian news (Newspaper); Ebenezer & David Syme (Firm); Calvert, Samuel, 1828-1913; Sleap, F A, active 1880s
Reference: E-927-f-053-1
Description: Shows Emu Bay, looking towards Roundhill Point and Emu River. The monogram of Samuel Calvert also appear at lower left. Date and identification of some locations taken from State Library of Victoria catalogue (Retrieved from http://www.slv.vic.gov.au). This site also states that the engraving appeared in the Illustrated Australian news, published in Melbourne by Ebenezer and David Syme. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 165 x 228 mm.
Artist unknown :Canoe race at Waikiou, Fiji [September 3, 1877]
Date: 1877
From: Seed Family, creator :Cuttings from the illustrated papers [Scrapbook of nineteenth-century illustrations and cuttings. 1870-1880s?]
By: Illustrated Australian news (Newspaper); Ebenezer & David Syme (Firm)
Reference: E-927-f-015-1
Description: View from the water shows some sixteen canoes each with a triangular sail, and a sailing ship at the left. In the distance is a hilly landscape. Date and identification of sailing ship taken from State Library of Victoria catalogue (Retrieved from http://www.slv.vic.gov.au). This site also identifies the location as Vanua Levu, and states that the engraving appeared in the Illustrated Australian news, published in Melbourne by Ebenezer and David Syme. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 112 x 230 mm.
Artist unknown :Setting fire to a village [Lord Gifford's scouts setting fire to a vill...
Date: 1873 - 1874
From: Seed Family, creator :Cuttings from the illustrated papers [Scrapbook of nineteenth-century illustrations and cuttings. 1870-1880s?]
Reference: E-927-f-055-2
Description: Shows African warriors with firebrands, setting alight a group of huts. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 165 x 237 mm.
Sleap, F A, engraver :The coach road to Hokitika [Illustrated Australian news, May 12, ...
Date: 1879
From: Seed Family, creator :Cuttings from the illustrated papers [Scrapbook of nineteenth-century illustrations and cuttings. 1870-1880s?]
By: Illustrated Australian news (Newspaper); Ebenezer & David Syme (Firm); Sleap, F A, active 1880s
Reference: E-927-f-053-2
Description: Shows a horse-drawn carriage on a road that winds around the slope at the near left. In the right background is a river, and mountains beyond. Native bush is seen at left and right. Date taken from State Library of Victoria catalogue (Retrieved from http://www.slv.vic.gov.au). This site also states that the engraving appeared in the Illustrated Australian news, published in Melbourne by Ebenezer and David Syme. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 228 x 228 mm.
Artist unknown :Oakden's Cave, near Chudleigh, Tasmania [Illustrated Australian news, S...
Date: 1877
From: Seed Family, creator :Cuttings from the illustrated papers [Scrapbook of nineteenth-century illustrations and cuttings. 1870-1880s?]
By: Illustrated Australian news (Newspaper); Ebenezer & David Syme (Firm)
Reference: E-927-f-036-2
Description: Shows a view of a cave with stalactites. Shows four people exploring the interior of the cave. Date and identification taken from State Library of Victoria catalogue (Retrieved from http://www.slv.vic.gov.au). This site also states that the engraving appeared in the Illustrated Australian news, published in Melbourne by Ebenezer and David Syme, and that the creek running through the centre of the picture is Mole Creek. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 200 x 227 mm.
[Cooke, Albert Charles], 1836-1902 :Mount Ida and Lake St Clair, Tasmania / A.C. [Illus...
Date: 1877
From: Seed Family, creator :Cuttings from the illustrated papers [Scrapbook of nineteenth-century illustrations and cuttings. 1870-1880s?]
By: Illustrated Australian news (Newspaper); Ebenezer & David Syme (Firm)
Reference: E-927-f-036-1
Description: Shows a view of Lake St Clair, with Mount Ida in the centre background. Date and identification taken from State Library of Victoria catalogue (Retrieved from http://www.slv.vic.gov.au). This site also states that the engraving appeared in the Illustrated Australian news, published in Melbourne by Ebenezer and David Syme. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 165 x 230 mm.
Sleap, F A , engraver :[Supreme Court building and Victoria Street Bridge, Christchurch...
Date: 1877
From: Seed Family, creator :Cuttings from the illustrated papers [Scrapbook of nineteenth-century illustrations and cuttings. 1870-1880s?]
By: Illustrated Australian news (Newspaper); Ebenezer & David Syme (Firm); Sleap, F A, active 1880s
Reference: E-927-f-039-5
Description: Shows a view of horsedrawn carriages travelling along Victoria Street, with the bridge over the Avon River. Over the river on the western side is the Supreme Court building. There is a row of weeping willow trees beside the river at the left. Date taken from State Library of Victoria catalogue (Retrieved from http://www.slv.vic.gov.au). This site also states that the engraving appeared in the Illustrated Australian news, published in Melbourne by Ebenezer and David Syme. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 150 x 230 mm.
Artist unknown :Come toe ye Olde Englishe Fayre, Garrison Hall, Dunedin, 10-15 April 18...
Date: 1882
From: Seed Family, creator :Cuttings from the illustrated papers [Scrapbook of nineteenth-century illustrations and cuttings. 1870-1880s?]
Reference: E-927-f-038-1
Description: Invitation to an Elizabethan fair, addressed to Mistress de Leon, "dame" (wife of Master Septimus de Leon of Dunedin). A portrait of Queen Elizabeth I appears at top left, and there is a postage stamp at top right. Other Titles - Come to the Old English fair Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 116 x 160 mm.