Thomas Tyrwhitt Balcombe family collection, 1850-1857 / Thomas Balcombe
- Bib ID:
- 8034344
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Balcombe, T. (Thomas), 1810-1861, artist
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. PIC Solander Box D5 #PIC/20782/1-71 copy
- Description:
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- 1850-1857
- 124 drawings : pencil, ink and watercolours ; 25 x 91.5 cm, or smaller + 1 letter
- 9 prints : engraving, black and white ; 14.5 x 22 cm, or smaller
- 1 medal : silver
- Summary:
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Collection of drawings of family portraits, notable public figures of the era, landscapes, fishing and hunting scenes and animal studies. Scenes from the New South Wales Goldfields, mining activities at the Turon River goldfields including engravings from "G.F. Pickerings Gold Pen and Pencil Sketches, Adventures of Mr John Slasher at Turon Gold Diggins" and depictions of Aboriginal Australians life and customs. Also includes a paper certificate of the Grocott Art Award 1850 with accompanying silver medal.--Information from acquisitions documentation.
- Biography/History:
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Colonial artist Thomas Balcombe was born and raised in the family home on Saint Helena. Balcombe's family relocated to Sydney in 1824 when his father took up a post as Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales. After completing his schooling, Balcombe began a career at the Australian Agricultural Company, until a head injury from a riding accident forced his resignation. Following his recovery he joined the Surveyor-General's Department as a surveyor, under Thomas Mitchell, and remained with the department for the rest of his life. Balcombe's work as a field surveyor afforded him the opportunity to sketch and paint the variety of people and places he visited. Following his marriage to Lydia Stuckey in 1840, Balcombe began to produce work as a professional artist. Balcombe received numerous accolades, including at the Grocott's third art union in 1850, where he received an award for his figure study 'Aboriginal Native in Pursuit of Game'.--Information from acquisition documentation.
- Notes:
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- Title from acquisition documentation.
- Also available online PIC Solander Box D5 #PIC/20782/1-71 copy https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-938538370
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Menzies, 2019.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works
- Hunting, gathering and fishing
- Landscapes -- Australia -- Pictorial works
- Gold miners -- New South Wales -- Pictorial works
- Gold mines and mining -- New South Wales -- Pictorial works
- Kangaroos -- New South Wales -- Pictorial works
- Horses -- New South Wales -- Pictorial works
- Boats and boating -- New South Wales -- Pictorial works
- Artists' preparatory studies -- Pictorial works
- Turon River (N.S.W.) -- Pictorial works
- New South Wales -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works
- New South Wales -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works
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This collection contains 134 records. - Copyright:
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Out of Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1861
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1857
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