Photographs of Will Ashton, his family and friends, and views of overseas trips including art galler...
Photographs of Will Ashton, his family and friends, and views of overseas trips including art galleries in U.S.A., 1917-ca.1947.
About this item
Full title
Date
1917-ca.1947
Call Numbers
PXE 1398
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Photographs, Drawings and Ephemera
Physical Description
Contents
1 watercolour - 9.9 x 14.2 cm - on card
187 photographs - 30 x 38 cm or smaller - black & white, some mounted
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
This pictorial material is part of the Ashton family - Papers, 1896-1980, at MLMSS 5399.
Item 1
33 photographs & 1 postcard
a. Ashton family home in Mosman.
b. ‘Grandpa James Ashton’s home, Cambridge Terrace, Brighton, Adelaide’.
c. ‘HB in studio at work on 1st study of Helen Knox’.
d. Postcard sent by Basil Ashton of the...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Photographs of Will Ashton, his family and friends, and views of overseas trips including art galleries in U.S.A., 1917-ca.1947.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.6282 ADD-ON as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13
Signature / Inscriptions
Photographs: some identified on back, others grouped in envelopes with vague identifications.
Watercolour: title and signature at lower right 'Surrey J.H.Y.'
Conservation note
Fair condition
Contextual Information
Source
Pic.Acc.6282 ADD-ON
Administrative / Biographical history
Sir John William 'Will' Ashton (1881-1963) painter, art administrator, was one of Australia's most prolific landscape painters. He was Director of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales (now AGNSW) from 1937 to 1945.
Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography Online, 10 January 2013.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 1398
Record Identifier
9qoQQ4O1
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoQQ4O1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
902426
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