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			Creator		Gill, S. T. (Samuel Thomas), 1818-1880
			Title		[Collection of lithographs and sketches, 1853-1874] / by S.T. Gill
			Level of Description		Collection
			Date of Work		1853-1874
			Type of Material		Graphic Materials
			Call Number		PX*D 384
			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)
			Contents		[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]
			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.
			Source		Nos. 1 & 2 Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907


			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
			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)
			General Note		Titles, dates and signatures only on selected works
			Subject		David Scott Mitchell Collection.
			Topic		Aboriginal peoples (Australians) armed forces axemen branding buildings, structures & establishments bullocks bush bush life bushrangers cattle churches city & town streets dogs emus gold miners gold panning gold-diggings horsedrawn carriages horses hunting kangaroos military parades police roosters rowing boats sailing boats solicitors stockmen tents
			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 - no.2, no.24 On Sale! Shops & Shopping - no. 10
			Digital order no.		Album ID : 861737