Ashton family - Papers, 1896-1980
Ashton family - Papers, 1896-1980
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1896-1980
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MLMSS 5399/Boxes 1-5, 8-9 , MLMSS 5399/Items 6X-7X
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1.22 metres of textual material (7 boxes and 2 outsize items)
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I. James Ashton, Father of Sir Will Ashton Letters received, 1919.
II. Mary Elizabeth Rawling Ashton, Mrs James nee Turnbull, mother of Sir Will Ashton Letters received, 1944.
III. Sir John William (Will) Ashton Papers, 1903-1960, n.d., include correspondence with Sir Hans Heysen, Sir Lionel Lindsay, Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, Julius...
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Ashton family - Papers, 1896-1980
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Sir John William (Will) Ashton (1881-1963), artist and gallery director, was one of Australia's most prolific landscape painters. Winner of the Wynn Prize in 1908, 1930 and 1939. Founding member of the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board from 1918, and its chairman from 1953 to 1962; Director of the National Art Gallery of NSW 1937-1944, and the David...
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MLMSS 5399/Boxes 1-5, 8-9 , MLMSS 5399/Items 6X-7X
Record Identifier
92eV2e3Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eV2e3Y
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423315
