Gilbert Doble designed sculptures [glass negatives], c.1920s-1930s / photographed by Gilbert Doble
Gilbert Doble designed sculptures [glass negatives], c.1920s-1930s / photographed by Gilbert Doble
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
c. 1920s-1930s
Call Numbers
ON 349
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
88 black & white negatives and positives - Full-plate, half-plate, quarter-plate & lantern slides - glass
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
Partially by size
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
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Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1-2. Evans monument, Bathurst
3-4. Marrickville peace monument
5-6. [Medals]
7. [Soldier's head]
8. [Monkey]
9. [Composition of 4 sculpture photographs]
10-11. [Naked woman with vase]
12-15. [Soldier on horseback] - For Right
16. [Composition of 4 sculpture photographs]
17. [Mermaid, seated]. Duplicate of 58
18. Bathur...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Gilbert Doble designed sculptures [glass negatives], c.1920s-1930s / photographed by Gilbert Doble
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Some of the sculptures were photographed in the grounds of the property of the donor's grandmother, "Rivernook", Myall Street, Oatley.
References:
Library correspondence file
Date note
Date of collection refers to the date the photographs were taken, however most of the sculptures depicted were constructed some years earlier.
Conservation note
Item 5 is broken and the broken pieces were missing from the original consignment
Description source
Titled from negatives (1-4,18,37-40,50,63-64,73)
Titled from original box (21-30, 60-62)
Titled from information and photographs supplied by researcher (18, 78-79, 82, 87)
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Vera Hatton, 2007
Administrative / Biographical history
Gilbert "Bertie" Doble sculpted in stone and modelled in clay, he also did his own bronzing by an electro-deposition process he perfected himself in his own studio at a time when most Australian sculptors had to send bronze jobs to be done overseas. Doble sculpted war memorials at Wellington, Pyrmont and Marrickville, regarding the Wellington War M...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ON 349
Record Identifier
9gkdwGr9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkdwGr9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
826179
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