Jerrold-Nathan family copies of papers, 1913-1989

MLMSS 6351
MAV/FM4/10566

fonds

1913-1989

Textual Records, Clippings, Graphic Materials

80537

Photocopy : MLMSS 6351
Microfilm : MAV/FM4/10566

0.03 metres of textual material (1 folder) - typescript, photocopies, clippings, printed
1 microfilm reel of graphic materials (includes clippings) - 35mm

R. H. (Reginald Henry) Jerrold-Nathan (1889-1979), portrait painter, was born in England. A Royal Academy medallist, he received acclaim early in his career for a range of commissions including King George VI and the Shah of Persia. He came to Australia in 1924 and settled in Sydney. A distinguished exponent of conventional portraiture, he was critical of William Dobell's winning entry of Joshua Smith in the 1943 Archibald Prize; he claimed it was a caricature and outside the terms of the competition. He was President of the Australian Art Society from 1945 to 1952. Jerrold-Nathan's prolific output reflected a gallery of Australian public figures such as the cricketer G. C. Macartney, Aboriginal actor Robert Tudawali, feminists Linda Littlejohn and Jessie Street, author Ethel Turner, businesspeople Florence Taylor and Sir Ernest Fisk, and politicians Sir Daniel Levy and Sir William Cullen.

Photocopies of family correspondence, being mainly letters received by R. H. (Reginald Henry) Jerrold-Nathan mainly from Will Ashton, Newcastle (N.S.W.). Council, Edith Ralston, Florence M. (Florence Mary) Taylor and Ethel Turner, 1932-1967 (Call No.: MLMSS 6351)

Photocopies of newscuttings mainly concerning R. H. (Reginald Henry) Jerrold-Nathan (Call No.: MLMSS 6351)
1937-1946; Photocopy of autograph album of Felicitie Margaret W. Jerrold-Nathan, including signed entries by Sumner Locke Elliott, Mary Gilmore and Ethel Turner, 1913-1989 (Call No.: MLMSS 6351)

Microfilm copy of six photograph albums of oil portrait paintings by Reginald Henry Jerrold-Nathan, with associated newscuttings. Lent for copying, Sept. 1993. (Call No.: MAV/FM4/10566: 169 frames - master neg., dupe. neg. and pos. copies)