Complete list of works in the exhibition

The following is a complete list of works included in the exhibition 'Northern Journey: Conrad Martens in early Queensland' at the Queensland Art Gallery, 11 August – 14 October, 2001.

Titles are generally those ascribed by Conrad Martens. Many spellings are disputed. Titles in brackets are descriptive titles assigned by owners and museums.

The material in this section is indebted to the pioneering research of Dr John Steele, author of Conrad Martens in early Queensland: the frontier travels of a colonial artist, University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1978.


Brisbane

Brisbane in 1852 1852
Watercolour and pencil with bodycolour and gum arabic
45.7 x 65.3cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Brisbane 1855
Watercolour
29.8 x 42.9cm
Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
Purchased 1999. The Queensland Government's special Centenary Fund

Part of Brisbane with Kangaroo Point, Queensland 1853
Watercolour
23 x 33.8cm
Collection: National Library of Australia
Douglas-Scott-Montagu Collection (PIC R3369)

Attrib. to Conrad Martens
(Brisbane) n.d.
Watercolour over pencil
17 x 24cm
Collection: Private

Brisbane c.1852
Watercolour and gouache over pencil
17.1 x 25.1cm
Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
Gift of the Queensland Museum 1910

Kangaroo Point Brisbane 1852
Watercolour and pencil with bodycolour
29.6 x 44.5cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Kangaroo Point, Nov 1851 1851
Pencil
19 x 29cm
Collection: John Oxley Library

Bulimba House 1851
Pencil
28.5 x 17cm
Collection: John Oxley Library

North and South Brisbane from the South Brisbane rocks 1851
Pencil
18.7 x 57.8cm
Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
Gift of Thomas Samuel Griffith Brown 1976

View of Brisbane (in 1851) 1862
Watercolour and gouache over pencil
31.8 x 51.3cm
Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
Gift of Leonard Darwin 1913


Ipswich

Ipswich landing place, Nov 24, 1851 1851
Pencil
19.3 x 31.7cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales


Coochin

“Mooni”, Coochin, Dec 5th 1851 1851
Pencil
17.5 x 25.4cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Coochin Run 1854
Watercolour
29.5 x 42.8cm
Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
Purchased 1998 with funds raised through The Conrad Martens Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Appeal and with the assistance of the Queensland Government's special Centenary Fund

Coochin 1851
Pencil
17.5 x 25.7cm
Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
Acquired before 1954

Coochin Coochin 1875
Watercolour
45.3 x 65cm
Collection: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales

Coochin 27 Nov. 1851 1851
Watercolour
16.1 x 24.7cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Minto Crags in Coochin, Nov 28, 1851 1851
Pencil
19.7 x 30.5cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales


Cunningham’s Gap

Mount Huntley from Moogera c.1852-4
Watercolour
29.7 x 60.3cm
Collection: Private

Summit of the old road, Cunningham’s Gap 1874
Pencil
26.7 x 43.1cm
Collection: Private

Scrub in Cunningham’s Gap 1851
Pencil
31.3 x 20.7cm
Collection: National Library of Australia
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (PIC T1741)

Scrub in Cunningham’s Gap, Dec. 12th 1851 1851
Pencil
19.4 x 29.2cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Forest, Cunningham's Gap 1856
Watercolour
30.5 x 42cm
Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
Purchased 1998 with funds raised through The Conrad Martens Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Appeal and with the assistance of the Queensland Government's special Centenary Fund

Cunningham’s Gap 1874
Pencil
40.6 x 26cm
Collection: Private


Glengallan

Glengallan, Darling Downs 1853
Watercolour and pencil
14.3 x 23.1cm
Collection: John Oxley Library


Westbrook

Westbrook, Darling Downs 1852
Watercolour
26.5 x 42cm
Collection: Pioneer Construction Materials


Drayton

View from Drayton Range 1853
Watercolour and pencil with bodycolour
19.8 x 29.7cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

View from Drayton Range, Dec. 23, 1851 1851
Pencil
19.1 x 30.2cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Drayton, Jan. 6, 1852 1852
Pencil
18.4 x 28.6cm
Collection: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales

Glen under the main range, Moreton Bay, Jan 10th 1852 1852
Pencil
19.1 x 25.1cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales


Pilton

Near Pilton, Xanthorea or Grass Trees, Dec. 24th 1851 1851*
Pencil
17.2 x 25.2cm
Collection: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
* Martens's original spelling retained


Goomburra

The Washpool, Goomburra 1851
17.2 x 25.3cm
Pencil
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Mount Joy, under Mount Sturt, Dec. 30th 1851 1851
Pencil
19.1 x 31.1cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Goomburra Crossing Place 1853
Watercolour and pencil
19.2 x 29.1cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

House and garden, Goomburra c.1853
Watercolour and pencil
17.9 x 30.6cm
Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
Gift of Philip M. Leslie through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 1999

Cattle Plain, Goomburra 1858
Watercolour and pencil with bodycolour
25.3 x 34cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales


Gladfield

Mount Mitchell from Gladfield 1858
Watercolour and pencil with bodycolour
25 x 34cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Black’s Camp at Gladfield, Dec. 29th 1851 1851
Pencil
19.1 x 31.1cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales


Franklyn Vale

Franklin Vale, Jan. 20th 1852 1852*
Pencil
19.1 x 30.5cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
* Martens's original spelling retained

(Franklyn Vale) 1861
Watercolour
31.7 x 46.7cm
Collection: Private

(View of Glen, Franklin Vale) 1853*
Watercolour
17.5 x 25.5cm
Collection: Private
* Martens's original spelling retained

Franklin Vale, Jan. 22, 1852 1852*
Pencil
17.2 x 25.7cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
* Martens's original spelling retained

Franklyn Vale from the range c.1853
Watercolour
29.5 x 45cm
Collection: Private

Franklyn Vale c.1854
Watercolour
29.4 x 45cm
Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
Purchased 2000. The Queensland Government's special Centenary Fund


Cressbrook

Cressbrook looking S. E. 1852
Watercolour
18.5 x 27.7cm
Collection: Private

Cressbrook looking N. W. 1852
Watercolour
18.7 x 28.3cm
Collection: Private

View from Cressbrook 1852
Watercolour
18.7 x 28.1cm
Collection: Private


Rosalie Plains

The Bunya Pine, Cooyar, Feb. 13th 1852 1852
Pencil
27.3 x 18.4cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Bottle tree, Rosalie Plains – Ramsey Esq., Feb. 16th 1852 1852
Pencil
18.4 x 26.7cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Bottle tree 1851
Pencil
24.7 x 16.9cm
Acquired before 1954
Collection: Queensland Art Gallery


Cecil Plains

Cecil Plains Cattle Head and Stockyard 1852
Watercolour
28.3 x 43.2cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Cecil Plains, ‘Condamine’, Feb. 21, 1852 1852
Pencil
18.4 x 30.5cm
Collection: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales

(Cecil Plains) c.1852
Pencil
17.3 x 23.5cm
Collection: Private

Talgai

Talgai, March 2, 1852, Messrs G. & J. Gammie, Darling Downs 1852
Pencil
18.7 x 30.4cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

The mirage on the great Condamine Plain 1852
Pencil
18.4 x 30.5cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales


Canning Downs

Heifer Station, Canning Downs 1854
Watercolour
29.4 x 43cm
Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
Purchased 1998 with funds raised through The Conrad Martens Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Appeal and with the assistance of the Queensland Government's special Centenary Fund

The Heifer Station, Canning Downs, March 11th 1852 1852
Pencil
17.5 x 30.5cm
Collection: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales

The homestead, Canning Downs 1852
Watercolour
30.1 x 45.5cm
Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
Purchased 1998 with funds raised through The Conrad Martens Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Appeal and with the assistance of the Queensland Government's special Centenary Fund

Canning Downs, March 10th 1852 1852
Pencil
17.8 x 30.5cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Crossing place, Canning Downs 1854
Watercolour
28.8 x 42.4cm
Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
Purchased 1998 with funds raised through The Conrad Martens Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Appeal and with the assistance of the Queensland Government's special Centenary Fund

Crossing Place, Condamine, Canning Downs, March 12, 1852 1852
Pencil
18.4 x 30.5cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Paddy In an album dated 1851–2
Pencil
18.4 x 28.6cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales


Killarney

Killarney, Canning Downs 1854
Watercolour
29.4 x 43.2cm
Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
Purchased 1998 with funds raised through The Conrad Martens Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Appeal and with the assistance of the Queensland Government's special Centenary Fund

Killarney, Canning Downs, March 13th 1852 1852
Pencil
17.9 x 30.2cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales


Warwick

Warwick from the right bank of the “Condamine”, March 12th 1852 1852
Pencil
17.8 x 29.9cm
Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales


Ballandean to New England

Charley March 16th [1852] 1852
Pencil
14.9 x 28.5cm
Collection: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales

Ballindean, H Nicol Esq, 1852 (1852)*
Pencil
18 x 30cm
Collection: John Oxley Library
* Martens's orginal spelling retained

View at Balandean 1852*
Watercolour
28 x 44.5cm
Collection: Private
* Martens's original spelling retained

The Pyramids

Terrawambella on Nicol’s run, New England, March 19th 1852 1852
Pencil
18.1 x 29.8cm
Collection: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales


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