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			Title		Volume 15: Sketchbook XXXVIII, No. 20 Australia and New Zealand, 20 Jan. – 20 Feb. 1876 / by Eugene von Guerard
			Level of Description		Item
			Date of Work		1876
			Type of Material		Graphic Materials
			Call Number		DGB 16 / vol. 15
			Issue Copy		Digitised :
			Physical Description		1 sketchbook : 250 leaves (223 leaves of drawings chiefly pencil, some pen and ink ; 1 col., drawn on both sides of the paper; 37 leaves of manuscript) and 1 loose leaf drawing in inside pocket of sketchbook ; various sizes, in album 10.2 x 16 cm.
			Contents		Areas & subjects: Kents Group (Tas.), Flinders Island New Zealand: Milford Sound, Lake Wakitipu [Wakatipu ?], Mitre Peak, Port Chalmers, Akaroa, Cape Palliser, Wellington, Hutt Valley, Nelson area, Greymouth, Hokitika. Cape Schank 250 pages, 1-224 numbered by von Guerard, remainder unnumbered, used for manuscript notes.
			Source		Purchased from Clune Galleries, July 1970.


			Copying Conditions		Out of copyright - Artist died before 1955
			Finding Aids		Contents list compiled by Edward Comstock available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room at PXn 571
			Signatures / Inscriptions		In German. Drawings are chiefly titled and dated; some have further descriptive notes. Inscribed inside front cover in ink and in pencil “Eug. v. Guérard. New Zealand 1876”, and list of expenses.
			General Note		Most drawings cover 2 pages of notebook. Microfilm avaiilable at CY 623
			Topic		landscapes (artwork) mountains trees
			Place		Flinders Island (Tas.) New Zealand
			Digital order no.		Album ID : 932962