Series 13 - Drawings


Date Rangec. 1849 - c. 1890
Quantity8 Volumes
ProvenanceHuxley, Thomas Henry
Description

Drawings by T H Huxley

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Drawings by T H Huxley, c 1850

'Original Sketches by T H Huxley'. A volume so lettered, 27 x 38 cm, containing 46 pencil drawings, four water-colours mostly made in Sydney and the neighbourhood in 1850, pasted on the sheets. Many of them have been lettered by Mrs Huxley. The subjects are chiefly landscapes, and drawings of natives. All the above are by T H Huxley. Various sizes, mostly about 17 x 25 cm. There are four lithographs from drawings by T Hayley: (1) Funeral Screen, Mount Ernest, Torres Strait; (2) Hut on Brierly Island, Louisiade Archipelago; (3) Village of Tassai, New Guinea; (4) Catamaran and Natives of Breemer Island. These were published by T & W Boone, London, 1852. Also includes Rio Off Fayal Azores, water-colour 1850, later donated in memory of Pricilla Elsie Waller.

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 71
Date range c. 1850
Formats Drawings
Inventory Identifier 71 Box Number 71 Series 13
Drawings by T H Huxley, April 1890

'Sketches in the Pyrenees by Thomas Henry Huxley'. A volume so labelled, 28 x 36 cm, containing 30 sketches, mostly water-colours, of landscapes and natives. Some of the drawings are dated April 1890. Various sizes, mostly about 18 x 26 cm

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 72
Date range April 1890
Formats Drawings
Inventory Identifier 72 Box Number 72 Series 13
Drawings by T H Huxley, 1849
Title on spine when rebound: 'Huxley MSS. Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake. Drawings. Acalephae. 1849'

Drawing Book, in paper covers, oblong, 27 x 17 cm, labelled 'Drawing Book. Acalephae 1849'. Pencil drawings, many have been cut out. Those remaining are numbered II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, XII + six blank leaves, with some drawings on the back of the penultimate leaf

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 73
Date range 1849
Formats Drawings
Inventory Identifier 73 Box Number 73 Series 13
Drawings by T H Huxley, 1849
Title on spine when rebound: 'Huxley MSS. Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake. Drawings. Salpa. 1849'

Drawing Book, in paper covers, oblong, 27 x 17 cm, labelled 'Salpa, 1849'. Sheets marked I-VI, drawn on recto, and five leaves not numbered, drawn only on verso

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 74
Date range 1849
Formats Drawings
Inventory Identifier 74 Box Number 74 Series 13
Drawings by T H Huxley, February 1872

Pocket Sketch Book by Lechertier, Barbe & Co. 12.5 x 17.5 cm. Water-colour sketches made in Egypt

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 75
Date range February 1872
Formats Drawings
Inventory Identifier 75 Box Number 75 Series 13
Drawings by T H Huxley, February 1872

Pocket Sketch Book by Lechertier, Barbe & Co. 12.5 x 17.5 cm. Water-colour sketches made in Egypt

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 76
Date range February 1872
Formats Drawings
Inventory Identifier 76 Box Number 76 Series 13
Drawings by T H Huxley, 1870

Oblong pocket-book, cloth covers, brass clasp, 16 x 9.5 cm. Used for pen and pencil sketches in the Eiffel journey

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 77
Date range 1870
Formats Drawings
Inventory Identifier 77 Box Number 77 Series 13
Drawings by T H Huxley, nd

Drawings to illustrate the Memoir on Spirula [cf number 04806]. Mounted on sheets of brown paper, 28.5 x 36 cm. 11 sheets

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 78
Formats Drawings
Inventory Identifier 78 Box Number 78 Series 13
Cast of hand, said to be Huxley's.

Plaster, 29 x 16 x 8.5 cm.

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control CAST
Inventory Identifier CAST Box Number CAST Series 13

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