Pockley family pictorial material, ca. 1860-1930s
Pockley family pictorial material, ca. 1860-1930s
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1841-1970
Call Numbers
ML 1335 , V/299 , PXD 1407 , MIN 522 , MIN 526
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Paintings, Drawings and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - visible image 57.5 x 45.5 cm., in frame 72 x 59 cm - oil on canvas
5 photographs - 39 x 46 cm or smaller
1 lithograph - visible image 43.5 x 33 cm., in mount 48 x 61 cm
1 drawing - visible oval image 11 x 18.5 cm., in case 15.5 x 13 cm - watercolour
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Level of description
Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Photographs created before 1955
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Physical Access Conditions
Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian : Applies to ML 1335 and MIN 522 and MIN 526
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
ML 1335
Oil painting portrait of Enid Marguerite Pockley, ca. 1920s
V / 299
Sydney Harbour Bridge, lithograph by Robert E. Curtis, 1930
PXD 1407
1. Photograph of 'Carlton', home of Enid Marguerite Holloway (nee Pockley), 32 Nelson Street, Gordon NSW, ca. 1930s
2. Photograph of Captain Robert Pockley and family, ca. 1880s
Alternative Titles
Full title
Pockley family pictorial material, ca. 1860-1930s
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Frame for item PXD 1402/2, which was removed, had the following inscription identifying the family members:
[L to R, top to bottom] Francis Antill Pockley, eldest son to live to [grow?] up; Harry Richardson, second eldest son ; Ethel Ernestine, 3rd daughter, married Harry Hinder ; Norman Vanderbyl, 3rd eldest son ; Alice Isabel, always called E...
Object History
Passed through the donor's wife's family
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Warwick Hirst, February 2015
Administrative / Biographical history
Robert Francis Pockley (1823-1892) went to sea in 1832 and obtained his master's ticket in 1841. He brought the Barque Tobago to Sydney in 1842 and was master of the Emma on the Sydney to Hobart run. He became a shipowner and harbourmaster of Sydney in the 1850s. He married Selina Antill (1837-1924) in 1854. They had 15 children including Robert Fr...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1335 , V/299 , PXD 1407 , MIN 522 , MIN 526
Record Identifier
1DrmJJN9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1DrmJJN9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1336561
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