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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

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkdwGr9

Gilbert Doble designed sculptures [glass negatives], c.1920s-1930s / photographed by Gilbert Doble

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Full title

Gilbert Doble designed sculptures [glass negatives], c.1920s-1930s / photographed by Gilbert Doble

Date

c. 1920s-1930s

Call Numbers

ON 349

Record Identifier

9gkdwGr9

Reference Code

826179
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

Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Physical Access Conditions

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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
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

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkdwGr9

Other Identifiers

Reference code

826179

How to access this item

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