Farewell presentation album to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brough from the playgoers of Sydney, 1897
Farewell presentation album to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brough from the playgoers of Sydney, 1897
Farewell presentation album to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brough from the playgoers of Sydney, 1897
About this item
Full title
Date
1897
Call Numbers
DL PXX 41
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Watercolours
Physical Description
Contents
1 album (16 watercolour or ink sketches and designs) - Each 15 x 25.1 cm. on sheets 30.8 x 40.9 cm; .32.5 x 44 x 8 cm. - watercolour or ink sketches and designs
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
f.1 - Fullwood, Albert Henry. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brough, June 1897. Farewell address from playgoers of Sydney
f.2 - Mahony, Frank P. Rough on Brough
f.3 - Stephens, Ethel A. "And love is loveliest when embalmed with tears"
f.4 - Reid, D.G. [View - possibly Botany Bay]
f.5 - Mann, Gother Victor Fyers. Sydney
f.6 - Ashton, Julian R...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Farewell presentation album to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brough from the playgoers of Sydney, 1897
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Mann, G. V. F. (Gother Victor Fyers), 1863-1948
Ashton, Julian, 1851-1942
Souter, D. H., 1862-1935
Tindall, Charles E. S., 1863-1951
Lister, William Lister (1859-1943)
Lambert, George W. (George Washington), 1873-1930
Watkins, J. S. (John Samuel), 1866-1942
Stephens, Ethel A., 1855-1944
Mahony, Frank, 1862-1916
McComas, Frances John, 1875-1938
Waugh, J. Henry
Reid, D. G. (David Graeme), c. 1860-1933
Notes
General note
The red leather cover has the intertwined initials 'R.F.B.' in gold painted metal on the centre front. Album has gilt edging, with green marbled end papers
Signature / Inscriptions
Most images are signed, dated, and titled.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Administrative / Biographical history
Lionel Robert Brough (1857-1906), actor-manager, and his actress wife Florence Brough (1858-1932), were contracted by J.C. Williamson. The Broughs' Australian debut was at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, on 9 May 1885 in Iolanthe. During the Brough's years in Australia, the boast that the colonies could show productions 'equal to anything in London'...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DL PXX 41
Record Identifier
nX6Ozw6Y
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6Ozw6Y
Other Identifiers
Reference code
458003
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