13 - Drawings - Thomas Henry Huxley Collection

Series 13 - Drawings

Date Range	c. 1849 - c. 1890
Quantity	8 Volumes
Provenance	Huxley, Thomas Henry
Description	Drawings by T H Huxley
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Related Series
Related	17 HMS 'Rattlesnake' papers 1846 - 1849 12 Notebooks and diaries c. 1849 - c. 1894

Inventory Listing

•	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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