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Shady History of Silhouettes
Regency Era Shade PortraitsI believed the term and technique known as “Silhouette” was a French concept...I was mistaken!During the Regency Period (1800-1820), portraiture was on of the mainstays of British art. Having a portrait made confirmed one's worth and a status and, consequently recorded one's likeness for posterity. But for 300 years, the expense required [...]
River Murray : Charles Sturt 1829 to artist Alexander Sutherland Murray 1898
Twelve Hundred Miles of the River Murray 1898In 1898 artist A.S.Murray published a folio "Twelve Hundred Miles of the River Murray" in London. From 1895 to 1902 Australia had endured "The Federation Drought" that dried up the rivers and lead to mass agriculture labor unemployment. I first came across this folio during the 2002-07 Millenium [...]
Forest Flora of South Australia : John Edne Brown
Conservator of Forests: John Ednie Brown (1848-1899)In 1878 an interesting Scotsman, John Ednie Brown, arrived in Adelaide from California, on the request of the South Australia Government. He was to take up the post of Conservator of Forests for the Government of South Australia. Brown had a glowing international reputation as a "Man [...]
Botanical Illustration...Just What the Doctor Ordered!
Botanical Illustration in the 18th Century In the 1700’s the Old World was discovering the wealth of new exotic plants arriving in Europe as trading and colonization opened up the world providing an abundance of material worthy of illustration as well as deriving medicinal knowledge. Many of the finest botanical artists have been guided by eminent [...]
Modern Pickwick Club, Adelaide Students, ANZAC, WWI
The Power of Belonging: THE MODERN PICKWICK CLUB, Adelaide "Pickwickians" : An Ancestral Treasure of Adelaide, 1934.This is a lesson of "Birds of a feather stick together". A curious battered item appeared in a cache of ancestral photos. Entitled "THE MODERN PICKWICK CLUB-Past and Present Members, July 28, 1934", the faces were unsmiling, standard for [...]
Why Study History?
Preserve the Past and the Present to benefit Our Future! Sandra, history enthusiast who turned it into a business.Welcome to a blog that celebrates history. Not as a yearning for corsets, lack of dentistry and body odour control. It is more an awareness of how we measure "progress" (or not). As with all knowledge [...]
Sir Joseph Paxton Horticulturalist, Botanist, Architect and Engineer
Joseph Paxton (1803-1865) Joseph was born the seventh son of a Bedfordshire yeoman farmer. He became a garden boy at the age of fifteen for Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner at Battlesden Park in nearby Woburn. By nineteen he had created the surrounding parkland and lake. After several moves, he obtained a position in 1823 at the [...]
18th Century Age of Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution, Antique Prints
1788: Enlightenment, Industry, Convicts and Sydney Cove Proof of Enlightenment, Invention, Science and Art in 1788…In London 1788 Alexander Hogg published 3 Volumes- The New Royal Cyclopedia,and Encyclopedia, or Complete, Modern and Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences…Modern Improvements & Latest Discoveries…” The copper plate engravings, printed in 1788, reveal a fraction of the knowledge born [...]
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