Full title: Drawings of bird's eggs to illustrate a proposed work on oology by E. P. Ramsay with other natural history drawings by Helena Scott and Harriet Scott

Author/creator: Ramsay, E. P. (Edward Pierson), 1842-1916, Scott, Harriet, 1830-1907, Forde, Helena, 1832-1910.

Date: approximately 1861-1867.

Call Numbers: PXA 21

Record Identifier: 93QVZM41

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Formats: Pictures, Drawings, Watercolours

Contents: 1 album - 39.2 x 31.7 cm - 122 drawings (7 pencil, 3 ink, 112 watercolour), 2 lithographs

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Notes: The drawings of the bird's eggs were produced to illustrate a book on the oology of Australian birds which E.P. Ramsay was preparing. The project was discarded after Ramsay received a letter from John Gould, dated 23 November 1867, who stated that he had been working on a similar publication for ten years. Reference: J.S.P. Ramsay, ML 770/1961. This album originates from the papers of E.P. Ramsay (ML MSS 563). Ramsay's correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1860-1912 (Vol.1) include letters to Ramsay from the Scott family, 1861-1884, some of which relate to the specimens drawn, and a biographical note on the artists. The drawings were removed from the original volume and rehoused by the SLNSW Preservation staff in Aug. 1995. Four drawings have sketches on the reverse. Some drawings are on pages in plate format and have plate numbers in pencil on the reverse. No. 34 is numbered 'No.1', No. 41 is numbered 'No.4', No. 42 is 'No.5', No. 45 is 'No.3', No. 61 is 'No.6', and No. 69 is 'No.2. Nos. 95-97 are executed on card with the following stamp on the reverse, "The Liverpool School of Photography / Wright Photographr. / 34 Castle St." Digital order no:Album ID : 823401

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MMS ID: 110321477