Mill on the Allyn River.

Rare c.19th hand coloured engraved view made from a sketch by Charles Boydell’ wife, Mrs Elizabeth Boydell.

Charles Boydell (1808-1869) emigrated to New South Wales in 1826 and took up land grants on the Allyn River, at Gresford, NSW. In 1837, Boydell married Elizabeth Macdonald Ritchie (1817-1899) and they settled on his property Camyr Allyn. Socially well-connected, Elizabeth was the daughter of Harriott Mary Dowling and grand-daughter of John and Harriott Blaxland of Newington, Sydney. The newspaper engravings below are taken from the pencil drawings of Mrs Boydell, who was described as a ‘ resident in the district’. A keen amateur artist, her drawings capture the beauty and picturesque nature of the Allyn River region.

From the original edition of The Illustrated Sydney News.

References:
Gibbs & Shallard. Illustrated Sydney News : ISSN 2203-5397.

Collections:
State Library New South Wales: F8/39-40
State Library Victoria: PCINF SLVIC=1853-1872
National Library Australia: Bib ID 440095