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Printed and original artwork of Mollie Horseman, ca. 1963 - 1969.

Printed and original artwork of Mollie Horseman, ca. 1963 - 1969.

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

Printed and original artwork of Mollie Horseman, ca. 1963 - 1969.

About this item

Full title

Printed and original artwork of Mollie Horseman, ca. 1963 - 1969.

Date

ca. 1963 - ca. 1969

Call Numbers

PXD 1273

Record Identifier

YEGmmNrn

Reference Code

903936
Physical Description

Contents

3 photographs - (25 x 20 cm or smaller) - black & white

1 sketch book (10 pages) - (36 x 26 cm) - red cover, containing drawings

19 watercolours - 42 x 31 cm and 35 x 25 cm - with black ink on board

24 drawings - 9 in pencil; 3 in marker pen on paper; 25.5 x 19 cm each; 34 x 25 cm each; 37 x 27 cm or smaller - 12 in black ink on acetate

1 scrapbook (30 pages) - 38 x 30 cm - green cover, containing printed magazine pages

14 magazine clippings - 42 x 32 cm or smaller - colour

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

Mollie Horseman drawings, published illustrations and cartoons. 62 items in total.

Box 1

1. Pamphlet for Ironside Centenary Library; newspaper magazine supplement ‘Advertising in Australia; What Makes Women Buy?’, presumably featuring Mollie's illustrations (artist not identified).

2. 3 colour pages from magazines including Aus...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Printed and original artwork of Mollie Horseman, ca. 1963 - 1969.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.6848 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13

Signature / Inscriptions

Signed 'M. Horseman' and 'Vanessa'. Some printed works are acknowledged

Conservation note

Good condition, scrapbook pages are loose

Contextual Information

Source

Donated by Ms Vanessa Robinson
Pic.Acc.6848

Administrative / Biographical history

Marie (Mollie) Compston Horseman (1911-1974), painter and cartoonist, was born in Rochester, Victoria. Her parents had emigrated from Yorkshire and developed a farm which was later destroyed by bushfires. After moving to Melbourne and Sydney, Mollie and her mother went to England soon after World War One, and then to Germany. On returning to Austra...

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

PXD 1273

Record Identifier

YEGmmNrn

Permalink

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

Other Identifiers

Reference code

903936

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