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			Creator		Martens, Conrad, 1801-1878
			Title		Sketches in Australia, 1835-1865 / Conrad Martens
			Level of Description		Collection
			Date of Work		1835-1865
			Type of Material		Graphic Materials
			Call Number		PXC 295
			Issue Copy		Digitised :
			Physical Description		Albums : 1 album (103 pencil sketches) ; 29 x 39 cm. - spine missing and sketches are loose
			Contents		1. Rocks near the Hermitage. Chas. Lowe Esq. May 29th/54 2. North Shore from Fort Phillip, Jan 27 1843 3. At Fort Macquarie, Jan 7 1857 4. View from Macquarie's Statue Sydney [i.e. Bourke statue?] 5. Cottage near Windsor N.S. Wales - signed C. Martens 6. Near Waverly, Jan 22 1847 7. In the Domain, Sydney, Nov 23 1847 8. Wanstead; Stephen Marsh Esq., April 30 1853 9. At the Glebe, Feb 4 1859 10. Sydney from Hulk Bay, Dec 23 11. From Balls Head, Dec 9 1847 12. Double Bay Road, Sept 21 1847 13. Residence of Alex McLeay Esq., Sydney, March 3 1839 14. Tempe - Cooks River, Jan 22 1838 15. View near Tivoli, Sept 6 1849 16. Domain, March 15 1849 'C.Martens' 17. Rocks at Tivoli Job's Cottage Aug 2 1849 18. Govt Stables from Botanic Garden, March 12 19. [Fort Macquarie] 20. Government Stables, Dec 29 1841 21. Study - Pine Scrub, Feb 9 1852 22. View on the Wollondilly Arthur Dight, Aug 2 1836, with pencil notes re colouring 23. The Buckan [i.e. Buchen] Mountains on the "Gloucester", April 17 1841 24. Louis Barber & Co., Feb 4 1853 25. New Government House, Sept 4 1841 26. The Waterfall, Rangers Valley, April 5 1852 27. Banksias - Mrs Darling Point Road, Aug 17 1847 28. [Missing] 29. Double Bay, July 27 1847 30. Greens Point, N Shore, March 22 1855 31. North Head, March 6 1849 32. Liverpool Street, Sydney, Oct 7 33. From "The Rangers...", 1 Nov 1850 34. South Head Road, July 2O l849 35. [Fort Macquarie and Harbour looking east], Sept 12 1856 36. South Head from N Harbour, May 2O 1839 37. D. Curtiss Esq. - Cottage St Leonards, June 1 185O 38. From the Glen, N Shore, Feb 7 1844 39. [Fort Macquarie] 40. H.M.S. Beagle, Sydney, May 9 1839 41. Franklin Vale, Jan 20 1852 42. Boat Harbour Wollongong, July 8 1835 43. Domain, April 20 44. Fig Tree at Lavenders 45. Carthona, March 3 1847 - signed "C. Martens 47" 46. Harpurs Hill, May 7 1841 47. Fern Hill, Mrs Darlings Point, April 9 1847 48. May 17, North Shore 49. Old Point Piper Road, Feb 19 1847 50. Crossing Place, Condamine Canning Downs, March 12 1852 51. Lake scene, Illawarra, July 12 1835 52. Tivoli, Aug 23 1849 53. Mrs. Darlings Point Road, April 13 1847 54. Kerua [i.e. Karuah] River, Tilligherry, May 8 1852 55. St. Pauls, Canterbury, Sept 16 1865 56. Rose Bay, Sept 2 1846 57. Careening Cove, N Shore, March 16 58. From the Promontory, Pt. Piper, Oct 18 1851 59. Armidale, N England, April 17 1852 60. From the Octagon - H.G. Smith Esq., Oct 5 1847 61. Beach at "Carthona", Feb 16 1847 62. May 17th, Cottage Mr Dunks? Road, ["Jenckens. Esq." is written in another hand.] 63. From Mr Wales, Darling Point Road, Feb 30 1851 64. Valley of the Glocester 65. Regentville, Oct 17 1835 66. The Yellow Rock, Wollombi Range, May 3 1841 67. Carrington, Port. Stephens, May 11 1852 68. Double Bay - from Mrs. Smiths, Nov 4 69. Tahlee, Port S[tephens], April 21 1841 70. [Untitled] 71. View on the Macquarie River - Nanama, March 20 72. Log Fall on the Macquarie, March 20 1840 73. Cookbundoon River, above the pass, Aug 3 1836 74. From Douglas's Farm, Currajong - July 19 1838, morning looking east 75. 'Rivers' house at Komonarika Bay of Islands, April 8 1835 76. Morrisets Bath, Newcastle, May 13 1841 77. Nobby Rock, Newcastle, May 13 1841 78. [Untitled] 79. View looking N from Churchyard, Newcastle, May 14 1841 80. View from Lady Parry's Seat, Tahlee, April 8 1841 81. Ball's Head, Goat island and part of Sydney from G.K. Manns Esq. Nov 27 1855 82. [Untitled - North Shore from Fort Macquarie] 83. Tangorrin and Glendon Brook from near the Station, May 4 1841 84. Hobartville and Grose Head, Aug 9 1838 85. The Hawkesbury near Wiseman's 86. Belmont, July 31 1838 87. From Burwood near Newcastle, May 11 1841, Shepherds Hill 88. Distant view of Belmont and the mouth of the Grose River, July 28 1838 89. View near Darling Point - signed "C Martens. 1849" 90. Path outside the Domain 91. Mulgoa Valley, Oct 19 1835 92. Bridge at Mitchell Pass, April 25 1835 93. Fort Macquarie & Fort Denison Sydney, [does not seem to be in Martens' hand] 94. Johnsons Meadows, July 14 1835 95. View from St Leonards, Feb 24 1844 96. Brush at Wyoming, Sept 8 1835 97. Fall of the Quarrooilla near Throsby Park, Aug 9 1836 98. Nortons Basin, June 29 99. Stroud, May 8 1852 100. Tree ferns at Wyoming, Sept 1O 1835 101. Gibralter Rock, Arthursleigh, Aug 6 1836 102. The Corall, Bungonia, July 25 1O3. Goat Island, N Shore, Nov 6 1853
			Source		Bequeathed by David Scott Mitchell, 1907


			Copying Conditions		Out of copyright - Artist died before 1955 Please acknowledge: - Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
			Conservation Note		New album constructed using the original covers with sketches hinged onto good quality paper, 2012
			General Note		Contents list compiled by Library Officer held with album and at Reference Shelf Titled from album cover Exhibited: f.70 Lindesay Oct 18-29, 1984 ; ff.40,92 Dec-Feb, 1985
			Subject		David Scott Mitchell Collection.
			Topic		banksias beaches fig trees fortifications harbours headlands houses islands mountains official buildings pastures rivers roads & streets rocks (landscape) sketches stables statues tree ferns
			Place		Belmont (N.S.W.) Bungonia (N.S.W.) Carthona (Darling Point, N.S.W.) Cooks River (N.S.W.) Domain, The (Sydney, N.S.W.) Double Bay (N.S.W.) Fort Macquarie (Sydney, N.S.W.) Goat Island (N.S.W.) Grose River (N.S.W.) Hawkesbury River (N.S.W.) Liverpool Street (Sydney, N.S.W.) Newcastle (N.S.W.) North Head (Port Jackson, N.S.W.) North Sydney (N.S.W.) Nortons Basin Old South Head Road (Sydney, N.S.W.) South Head (N.S.W.) Stroud (N.S.W.) Tahlee (N.S.W.) Tempe (N.S.W.) Wollongong (N.S.W.) Wyoming (N.S.W.)
			Persons		Adult Males
			Exhibited in		Looking East - no. 13 A provincial view - the Nepean region from the first Settlers to 1950 - no. 5 Journeys through Landscapes - Conrad Martens Life & Art - Nos. 46,60,78 - 9,89,102,144 Northern Journey : Conrad Martens in early Queensland - nos. 41,50
			Digital order no.		Album ID : 843969