Rare and curious : the secret history of Governor Macquarie's collectors' chest
Ellis, Elizabeth2011
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Macquarie's collectors' chest, also known as the Strathallan cabinet, displays layers of preserved butterflies, insects and birds, as well as panels by some of Australia's best early colonial painters. The Mitchell Library (NSW) acquired the chest in 1937
Main title:
Rare and curious : the secret history of Governor Macquarie's collectors' chest / by Elizabeth Ellis
Imprint:
Carlton : The Miegunyah Press : State Library New South Wales, 2011.
Collation:
275 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; facsimiles.
Contents:
The return -- Not one but two -- Portable and campaign furniture -- Collectors' cabinets -- Early colonial cabinet-making -- The lumber yards -- Rosewood and red cedar -- A question of polish -- A new world, a new creation -- Hunters and collectors -- Macquarie's world -- Gifts and patronage -- Sydney 1814 -- The 46th regiment in New South Wales -- Newcastle 1814 -- The captain -- The artist and the commandant -- The Newcastle Academy -- Painted panels -- The commandant and the governor -- The governor and the commissioner -- Homecoming -- Aftermath -- The Strathallan connection -- The bottom drawer
ISBN:
9780522861174 (hardback)
Dewey class:
749.3
Language:
English
BRN:
102475
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