Old and new mythologies : legends of Aboriginal and new Australia at Mel Ward’s Gallery of Natural H...
Old and new mythologies : legends of Aboriginal and new Australia at Mel Ward’s Gallery of Natural History and Native Art, Medlow Bath, New South Wales / illustrations by Tom Alban
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Author / Creator
Date
approximately 1953
Call Numbers
PXE 1778
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Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
19 drawings - 31.6 x 23.3 cm or smaller - pen and ink, pencil
4 paintings - 22 x 18 cm or smaller - oil
3 watercolors - 22.5 x 15 cm - gouache
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Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The collection comprises 26 illustrations including watercolours (3), oil paintings (4), ink drawings (18) on 'British Scraperboard', and pencil drawing (1). Illustrations from this collection appear to be part of a larger set depicting stories and legends combining figures from Aboriginal legend, such as The Three Sisters, with those from Irish my...
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Full title
Old and new mythologies : legends of Aboriginal and new Australia at Mel Ward’s Gallery of Natural History and Native Art, Medlow Bath, New South Wales / illustrations by Tom Alban
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Each illustration signed Tom Alban
Date note
Dated from vendor catalogue
Description source
Titled from captions on illustrations
Object History
From Mel Ward’s Museum of Natural History and Native Art, Medlow Bath, the Blue Mountains.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Ancanthe, December 2019
Administrative / Biographical history
Thomas F W S Alban (1887-1978) was born in St Petersburg, Russia, to English parents. He trained as an artist in London before enlisting and fighting in France in WWI. In 1921 he emigrated to Australia. He worked as an illustrator in Queensland, then as a tutor at the Art Training Institute, Melbourne, in the late 1930s, and at East Sydney Technica...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 1778
Record Identifier
1kV8MJZn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1kV8MJZn
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Reference code
9649501
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