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#TroveAU is not working this morning.

EDIT: it's back now.

Stuff the British rubbed out.

"In Nubia I visited a temple which had been left in an unfinished state; in some parts of the sculpture there were traces of the ochre used by the workmen—which during a period of at least 3000 years, there had not been rain or even moisture sufficient to remove; yet on applying my moistened finger to it, the ochre was erased without the slightest difficulty."

"CLIMATE OF EGYPT." Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW) 20 May 1852

#TroveAU find just now:
https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114834122

Making sure you're not a bot!

David Coombe Jun 1

#NationalLibraryAU image viewer ( #TroveAU )has been problematic today - loading slowly or sometimes not at all.

David Coombe May 29

Early this week I tuned in to a #StateLibrarySA talk on an 1855 panorama of Port #Adelaide: "Memory, Fire and Forgery" by historian Dr Clare Parker. This talk is now available online. I was interested in how another historian approached an artistic research challenge. Was the artist at the Port at the same time as the ships? A fascinating talk which seemed to leave some questions quite open. #historyAU #TroveAU
https://stories.slsa.sa.gov.au/painting-the-port/index.html

Painting the Port: the 1855 Hankey panorama of Port Adelaide

Before the fire, before the change, this is #PortAdelaide as you’ve never seen it. Painted in July 1855, Frank G. Hankey’s extraordinary panoramic watercolour captures the Port at its busiest, just two years before the Great Port Adelaide Fire transformed the area forever. Stretching nearly two metres long, the panorama reveals wharves, ships, mills and street life along the Port River and North Parade. A vivid snapshot of a thriving colonial port is now lost to time. Fragile, rare and richly detailed, this remarkable work invites us to step into a moment that history nearly erased. #SouthAustralia #StateLibrarySA @friendsofthestatelibraryofsa @cityofpae

David Coombe May 27

#TroveAU newspaper search using Titles and Places option is not working at the moment. A workaround is to select these facets after the search results display.

David Coombe Apr 29

Edit: services restored.

My website and email are temporarily down. Hopefully back in a few hours. My site is snapshot by #TroveAU but the latest seems to be more than a year old. Something for me to think about. (Main impact on #S_T_Gill project.)

David Coombe Apr 6

She is no side saddle for a lady

A #19thCentury put down? No, just 21st century predictive text. #TroveAU

David Coombe Mar 22

I've noticed #TroveAU has been slow in saving text corrections since late last week.

David Coombe Feb 23

I've noticed #TroveAU has recently cut over to using #StateLibraryNSW *new* catalogue. The new catalogue is great. (I transitioned my project.) #ozGLAM

David Coombe Feb 7

I did say my #S_T_Gill project would "further rock the art history boat, not by intent, but because that's where the evidence takes us". So here's the extra rock ...

Big claims need big evidence. My new article adds to the pile, showing despite his claim to his London publisher, George French Angas likely didn't go to the Victorian diggings in 1852 at all.

Pivotal to this story is Charles Lord for whom Angas had great affection. A quick trip to Melbourne by the pair landed Angas in the middle of gold rush lithography.

NARRATIVE, ANALYSIS & CATALOGUE. (Not light reading. Analysis only made possible by digitised newspapers.) #historyAU #artHistoryAU #TroveAU #ozGLAM

My new article: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/George_French_Angas_Victorian_Diggings_1852.htm

George French Angas - Victorian Diggings, 1852

The weight of evidence is against Angas' presence at the Victorian diggings. He visited Gill in Melbourne in August 1852 and again used Gill's pictures for his own publication. This further cements the role of Gill as a ghost artist for Angas.

coombe.id.au