Pictorial material from the Imogen Whyse Papers, ca. 1865-1956
Pictorial material from the Imogen Whyse Papers, ca. 1865-1956
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1865-1956
Call Numbers
PXA 1524 , PXE 1239
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Photographs, Prints, Drawings and Ephemera
Physical Description
Contents
1 album (12 photographic prints) - 18.5 x 26 cm.
76 photographic prints - 37.5 x 29 cm. or smaller
2 drawings - 24 x 32 cm. or smaller - ink, crayon
41 items of ephemera - 15 x 10.5 cm. or smaller - postcards
7 prints - 30.5 x 25.5 cm. or smaller
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright restrictions may apply : Photographs taken before 1955 and prints published before 1955 are out of copyright. Mary Webb's drawings are in copyright
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and courtesy Mary Webb's assignee (with regard to her drawings)
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
PXA 1524
1 album
12 photographic prints of actresses performing outdoors [including Imogen Whyse] along with 1 portrait of a woman, no date
PXE 1239
76 loose photographic prints, ca. 1865-1954
Includes many portraits of Imogen Whyse, many of which are of her performing on stage as well as posed portraits of her taken by Max Dupai...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Pictorial material from the Imogen Whyse Papers, ca. 1865-1956
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.4071 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13
Signature / Inscriptions
A small number of the pictures have captions on their reverse side
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by the Executor of the Estate of Imogen Whyse, 13 October 1977
Pic.Acc.4071
Administrative / Biographical history
Imogen Whyse, 1885-1977, a poetess and actress who returned to Australia in 1945, founded the Poetry Society of Australia in 1954 and edited its journal Prism. She donated her collection of period costumes, 1789-1939, to the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, N.S.W., in 1958
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 1524 , PXE 1239
Record Identifier
92eVEKbY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eVEKbY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
909060
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