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Hawkes Family photograph album
Album of the Hawkes Family, possibly containing photographs of Hawkes, Stebbing and Whittington families, and English relatives and siblings of Henry Hawkes and Francis William Hawkes, who married Mary Jane Whittington. The donor, Clifford Henry Hawkes, born 1898, indicated that the album belonged to his grandfather, Henry Hawkes. The album includes a one page family tree of Clifford Hawkes, compiled by the State Library, photographs of the original album (which has not been retained), several in memoriam cards (photos 56-59), and two Children's League certificates, belonging to Clifford Hawkes and Harold Hawkes. Most photographs are un-captioned, and a small selection have been digitised. The album is an interesting source of examples of carte-de visite and cabinet print portrait photography, along with one tintype photograph, by studios in Adelaide in the nineteenth century. These studios include H. (Henry) Jones, King William Street, Adelaide, L'Amico Fritz, 62 Rundle Street, Adelaide, S. (Saul) Solomon, 51 Rundle Street, Adelaide, P.J. Marchant, Waymouth Street, Adelaide, Edward Farndell, 83 Hindley Street Adelaide, W. J. Lott, Paris Photographic Co., 164 Rundle Street, Spicer Adey, 83 Hindley Street Adelaide, San Francisco Photo Co., Glen Osmond Road, Parkside, Hammer & Co. Art Studio, 6 Rundle Street, Adelaide, W. H. Hammer, Artist Photographer, 172 Rundle Street, Adelaide, Captain Sweet Studio, Flinders Street, Adelaide, T. (Townsend) Duryea, 66 & 68 King William Street, Adelaide, Thomas Adcock, Adelaide, James R. Dobson & Co. Photo Artists, Temple of Light, 44 Rundle Street, Adelaide, G. H. Knight, portrait and landscape photographers, and Melbourne Photographic Co., 16, 18 & 20 Rundle Street, Adelaide. The album shows the styles of clothing worn by babies, children and adults in the nineteenth century.
'Mervyn Smith; on train to Salisbury' printing plate
Printmaking block by Ruth Tuck featuring a portrait of her husband, Mervyn Smith, 'On train to Salisbury, Mon Aug 12', First Class carriage. Zinc plate relief engraving mounted on wood block. Signed by the artist. Includes an artist's proof copy print.
John Warren of Springfield, Williamstown
John Warren, son of pioneer John Warren of Springfield at Williamstown, who arrived in Adelaide in January 1838 on the ship 'Royal Admiral'. Portrait presented to John Warren as part of a testimonial on 4 November 1912.
Don Bradman
Framed portrait painting of Don Bradman in his batting stance at a country oval. Bradman is dressed in his cricket whites and is staring intently at where the ball will be coming from.
Edward John Eyre
Edward John Eyre, from a drawing by Witkin. Original drawing part of Parliament House collection, Adelaide (1949). The drawing was presented to the South Australian Government in 1948 by Lt. Col ARG Gordon (Ireland), a grandson of Edward John Eyre. Eyre went on two expeditions to the Flinders Ranges and west to beyond Ceduna. Later he was the first European to traverse the coastline of the Great Australian Bight towards Albany in Western Australia. He travelled with his Aboriginal companion Wylie
Artwork for theatre posters
Posters and program design artwork for Dutkiewicz Studio Players performances of 'The Unquiet Spirit' (1959), 'The Lower Depths' (1960), 'The Master Builder' (1960), 'All My Sons' (1961), 'The Dream of Peter Mann' (1962), 'The Father' (1962) and 'The Wild Duck' (1967). Ludwik Dutkiewicz assisted his brother with these posters. 'The Master Builder' poster is a circular photo montage using the portraits of the actors in the production and may have been displayed during the season of this play. The printed poster for 'The Wild Duck' featured a felt pen drawing by Wlad Dutkiewicz. Program designs for these plays were by Ludwik ('The Master Builder', 'All My Sons', & 'The Father') and Wlad ('The Lower Depths', 'The Dream of Peter Mann' and 'The Wild Duck').
William Randall : SUMMARY RECORD
Papers relating to the family of William Randall comprising letters written by Anne Randall, photographs of the Randall family, ephemera, papers relating to the Randall family, a published booklet by Eliza D. Randall, artworks of Randall properties, newspaper cuttings, and an embroidered sampler (framed). Also included are portraits and papers relating to Edward Walter and Ann Wickes, parents of Anne Girling Randall; and the Harrower and Bishop families with a connection to the 'Star of Greece'.
Willian R. Fletcher
Lithographic portrait of 'The late Rev. W.R. Fletcher, M.A.', created by T.C. Dalwood from a photo by T. Adcock.
William R. Wigley
Portrait of 'The late Mr W.R. Wigley, S.M.' by T.C. Dalwood.
Sir James Hurtle Fisher
Lithographic portrait of Sir James Hurtle Fisher, made by J. Jackson in at 77 Rundle Street.
Pro Hart
PORTRAIT: Pro Hart, Australian artist at Broken Hill, photographed standing beside a Volkswagen 'beetle' motor car decorated with artwork.
Percy Grainger
PORTRAIT: Charcoal drawing of South Australian musician and composer Percy Grainger, drawn by John Singer Sargent.
William Thomas Brown Bales
PORTRAIT: Copy of an artwork. William Thomas Brown Bales, 1811-1868; an early settler who arrived on the 'Tam O'Shanter' 26th November 1836, he later married Georgina Knapp, 1820-1848 who arrived in South Australia on the 'Hartley', 20th October 1837.
Augustus Short
Lithograph of a drawing by Sir George Richmond, of Bishop Augustus Short, DD, first Bishop of Adelaide, 1847-1882. The inscription under the artwork reads 'To Miss Burdett Coutts / through whose munificence / The See of Adelaide was founded. / This portrait of its first Bishop / The Revd Augustus Short, D.D.'. The See's badge is centred in the text.
Robert R Leake
Photograph of an artwork portrait of Robert Rowland Leake, the elder of the two brothers who owned Glencoe Station, in South Australia's South East.
George John Crawford
Photographic print of a portrait of George John Crawford as a young man (the original is an artwork). Annotation under the image reads 'George John Crawford Esq. appointed 2nd Judge of Supreme Court of SA by Letters Patent, 27th June 1850. Died 24 September 1852.'
John Lavington Bonython
A portrait of John Lavington Bonython, Mayor of Adelaide ; a painting by the English born artist George A.J. Webb.
Photographs of Presbyterian buildings, activities and people.
Collection of photographs of Presbyterian Church buildings activities and people.
Photographs of the Minchin family
Photographs of Alfred Corker Minchin, wife Florence Euphemia, nee Scammell, members of Minchin family and brothers of R.E. Minchin in New Zealand. A selection of these has been digitised and can be seen online; do a NUMBER search on PRG 119/108/1-41. See 'Contents' for further details.
Sketches of ship's passengers
Pencil sketch portraits on envelope of three passengers, all named, on the 'Caesar Godeffroy', done by artist (Reichardt?) during its voyage to Port Philip during 1879. The passengers are Jante Benohr, Biesterfolsrt(?) and Elling(?).
Portrait of Lieutenant E. Claridge
A collection of miscellaneous items relating mostly to Ralph Claridge's time on active service.
Jetty at Port Noarlunga
Watercolour depiction of the jetty at Port Noarlunga. Signed 'J.H.A' in the left bottom corner, with the date '1855' in the bottom right corner, the painting is finely detailed and contains a wealth of information. The jetty extends from an escarpment, on top of which is a man with a horse and wagon; on the jetty itself are four men, a dog and a number of parcels and bundles at the end. Beyond the jetty is a ship at anchor (the ship has been identified as the 'Yatala' by shipping historian A.D. Edwardes), with a row boat and a small boat under sail nearby; a line of rocks is shown beyond the ship and two other vessels are depicted in the far distance. In the foreground are two men launching a small boat into the waves; another man is walking towards the escarpment with two dead birds in his hand and a rifle over his shoulder, with his dog running ahead; a ladder is also lying on the ground.
William Baker Ashton
[General description] Hand tinted pen and ink drawing of William Baker Ashton, late Governor of Her Majesty's Gaol in Adelaide. Mr Ashton appears to be a rotund gentleman wearing a waistcoat around his ample girth. He supports himself on a knobbly walking stick. [On back of photograph] Aston, William Baker. About 1850. Signed 'H. Glover' in bottom left corner.
William Baker Ashton
A watercolour painting of William Baker Ashton (1800-1854), first Governor of the Adelaide Goal. He arrived in South Australia with his family in November 1838 onboard the "Rajasthan" after being granted free passage. A note on the back of the photograph says "probably sketched by H Glover - compare with B 3142"
Sir William Wellington Cairns
Sir William Wellington Cairns; a lithograph. "Penman & Galbraith Machine Lithy, Adelaide" - bottom left hand corner.
Mrs Janet E. Cooke
Watercolour painting of Mrs Janet E. Cooke (nee McArthur), first wife of Archibald Cooke, seated in a chair adjacent to a dresser with a vase of flowers and books on it.
Anthony Forster
Over painted photograph (in oils) of Anthony Forster, of the South Australian Register newspaper.
John McKinlay Esquire, The South Australian Explorer
Illustration ofJohn McKinlay, the South Australian explorer, pictured pointing out to the land, with binoculars in the opposite hand. McKinlay is depicted armed with a pistol and a rifle.
Jimmy Melrose
A caricature sketch of Jimmy Melrose "The Baby Pilot", done in ink and gouache.
The Reverend Ridgway William Newland
Small oil painting on card of the Reverend Ridgway William Newland.