Gosper family albums of photographs and drawings, autograph album and prints, 1884-1986
Gosper family albums of photographs and drawings, autograph album and prints, 1884-1986
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1884-1986
Call Numbers
PXD 1177 , PXE 1240/Box 1 , PXE 1240/Box 2 , PXE 1240/Box 3
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Drawings, Photographs and Prints
Physical Description
Contents
4 albums (89 watercolours and pencil drawings, 1 photograph) - 28.5 x 38 cm and smaller
5 albums (304 photographs) - 17 x 32.5 cm and smaller
25 loose photographs - 25 x 20 cm and smaller
6 pencil sketches - 33 x 41 cm
4 prints - 42.5 x 33.5 cm and smaller
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright restrictions may apply : Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright.
Copyright status : In copyright - Life of creator plus 70 years (Artistic Works created after 1955)
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Clarence Gosper (PXE 1240 / Box 1)
Album of photographs of illuminated addresses, 1884-1922
Neville Gosper (PXD 1177)
1. Six pages of roughs of an illuminated address to T.B. Heffer, 1950.
2. Three certificates and the draft of a memorial to Sir Roden Cutler.
3. Copy of a letter from the University of New England, 10 August 1954,...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Gosper family albums of photographs and drawings, autograph album and prints, 1884-1986
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. update Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.7129 as part of the eRecords Project, 2012-2013
Signature / Inscriptions
Captions and/or titles appear on most of the drawings by Essie Henderson.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mrs Annette Bowling, May 1991
Pic.Acc.7129
Administrative / Biographical history
Clarence Thomas Gosper was born at Musswellbrook in 1865. At the age of about 16 he moved to Sydney where he gained employment as an artist for John Sands Ltd working on illuminated addresses. In about 1914 he began to work freelance while continuing to paint for John Sands. His eldest daughter, Essie (born in 1890) joined him until her marriage in...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXD 1177 , PXE 1240/Box 1 , PXE 1240/Box 2 , PXE 1240/Box 3
Record Identifier
YezddeV9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YezddeV9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
904966
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