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Books (3), early Colonial drawing books 1840-1841. Inscribed in…
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Sydney
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25-Feb-2018
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Books (3), early Colonial drawing books 1840-1841. Inscribed in sepia 'Peter McPherson Australian College Jamison Street, May 4th, 1841, Sydney.' the three books containing 88 pencil, ink and wash drawings of early Sydney, other classical Art exercises, anatomical, animal, marine, architectural, English and European town and country scenes. Some paper watermarked 'Ruse and turner, 1837.' in 1842 the population of Sydney was approx 30,000. Mixed media, 23 x 30 cm (largest)
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