• Title
  Gerald Marr Thompson, art critic, Sydney Morning Herald, [between 1923-1928] / Leighton Studios, Sydney
• Creator
  Leighton Studios
• Call number
  P1/1760
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  between 1923-1928
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  442457
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Photographs - image, 23.3 x 18.3 cm. ; mount, 29 x 20.6 cm. - 1 panel photoprint
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  For a career biography of Marr Thompson to 1912, see: Who's who in the theatre : a biographical record of the contemporary stage / compiled and edited John Parker. -- Lond. : Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1912 (p. 492)
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Created before 1955<br>
• General note
  
  Transferred from P1/Thompson, Gerald Marr (BM), July 2010
  Digital order no:a4364060
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Photographer's studio name in pencil -- lower edge of mount
  
  Photographer's stamp -- reverse of photograph
  
  "No theatrical first night, no concert that claims to be a concert, is complete without the presence of this veteran dramatic and musical critic of the Sydney Morning Herald. No other man in Australia can so well tell the truth with a minimum of pain. To read between Thompson's lines is to read the facts" / "The House" June 1, 1922 -- typescript on the reverse
• Date note
  
  Dated from the period Leighton Studios had premises at 136 Pitt St, Sydney -- Reference: Australians behind the camera : directory of early Australian photographers, 1841 to 1945 / Sandy Barrie. Sydney South : S. Barrie, c2002
• Name
  House (periodical)
  Sydney Morning Herald
  Thompson, Gerald Marr, 1856-1938
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  critics
  journalists
  portraits
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3323203

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