Donald Sydney Thistlethwayte drawings

Collection

Accession number
6158
Date
1863-1870; 1892
Author / Creator
Thistlethwayte, Donald Sydney, 1842-1933.
Abstract
Six pen and wash sketches by Donald Thistlethwaite, and one other unidentified artist.
Scope and content

The collection consists of six sketches including works entitled: (1) "Government Bounty - distribution of blankets to Brisbane Aborigines on the Queen's Birthday"; (2) "Celestials" on the way to the Ravenswood Diggings-Northern Queensland" (1870); (3) "Sunday Visitors At Our Camp False Bay-Cairns 27/11/92".

System of arrangement
Arranged into 1 series
Description
6 sketches
Additional format
Digital copies available.
Administrative / Biographical history

Donald Sydney Thistlethwayte came to Brisbane in 1862 where he was engaged in survey work, partly on the Toowoomba line, and he remained connected with the Queensland railway survey for the next 50 years. He became engineer-in-charge of the Drayton deviation, Melbourne Street railway, the Roma Street to Mayne Junction section and Central Station. He married Mary de Lacey Moffatt, a niece of Sir Joshua Peter Bell and became a prominent and influential member of the Queensland art scene, serving as Honorary Treasurer (1892), Vice-President (1894-1897; 1904-1907) and President of the Queensland Art Society (1912-1914).

Access restrictions
Unrestricted access. 24 hours notice required. Please contact Queensland Memory, State Library of Queensland for more information.
Copyright status

Out of copyright.

Conditions of use
You are free to use without permission. Please attribute the State Library of Queensland.
Notes
This material contains Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander content, and has been made available in accordance with State Library of Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections Commitments.
Custodial history
Early provenance is obscure. The six sketches were offered for sale at Brightwells of Leominster on Australia Day, 26 January 2005, where they were purchased by Maggs Brothers Booksellers for 2,500 pounds.
Preferred citation
6158, Donald Sydney Thistlethwayte drawings, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
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