Frank McDonald - papers, ca. 1968-1992

MLMSS 7672/Boxes 1-22
MLMSS 7672/Boxes 23X-24X

fonds

ca. 1968 - 1992

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

449009

24 boxes - 3.67 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (photocopy)
Textual Records - (typescript)
Textual Records - (typescript, carbon)
Textual Records - (typescript, photocopy)
Textual Records - (typescript, processed)
Textual Records - (computer printouts)
Clippings
Clippings - (photocopy)
Textual Records - (printed)
Textual Records - (printed, photocopy)
Photographs

Frank McDonald was one of Sydney's premier colonial art dealers during the 1970s and 1980s. He was director of the gallery named Thirty Victoria Street, located at 30 Victoria Street, Potts Point. He conducted and commissioned detailed research on the artists John Alexander Gilfillan (1793-1864), Augustus Earle (1793-1838) and Conrad Martens (1801-1878). This material includes biographical information on the artists' families, research into the artists' life and times, listings of their works in public and private collections, and conservation research into their paintings and frames.

A. Research material on John Alexander Gilfillan (1793-1864)
B. Research material on Augustus Earle (1793-1838)
C. Research material on portraits of Governors-General and State Governors
D. Research material on Conrad Martens (1801-1878)

BOX 1
A. Research material on John Alexander Gilfillan (1793-1864)
1/1 Biographical and research notes
1/2 Copies of primary sources
1/3 Copies of secondary sources and notes
1/4 Pictures, including colour transparencies, slides and photographs of paintings and drawings, with notes
1/5 Bibliographical and research notes
B. Research material on Augustus Earle (1793-1838)
1/6 General information on Earle and general index volume 1, being mainly photocopies and notes
1/7 'Pictures', being mainly colour transparencies and photographs of original paintings

BOX 2
2/1 'Sydney in the 1820s', being photocopied articles, 1917, 1920, 1988
2/2 'Boy with a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo', being research material into components of the painting, including notes, photocopies, and correspondence with Bernard Smith, 1985; Marion Fletcher, 1985; and Avril D. Hart (Victoria and Albert Museum), 1985
2/3 'Boy with a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo', being analysis of the images in the painting, including colour transparencies and photographs
2/4 Conservation analysis of the portraits of Captain and Mrs Brooks
2/5 'Frederick Garling Junior' [Part 1], being research into the painting
2/6 'Frederick Garling Junior' [Part 2], being research into the painting, including correspondence with Robert G. Bleakley (Sothebys), 1987; and Lady Hurley, 1987
2/7 'Frederick Garling Junior' [Part 3], being research into the painting

BOX 3
3/1 'Frederick Garling Junior' [Part 4], being research into the painting, including notes, photocopies and correspondence with Robert G. Stewart (National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC), 1990, and Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, 1990
3/2 Research into various subjects of Augustus Earle's portraits [Part 1], including correspondence withDr Dimitrij J. Setelik, 1977
3/3 Research into various subjects of Augustus Earles portraits [Part 2], including correspondence with Joan Kerr, 1988

C. Research material on portraits of Governors-General and State Governors
(Folders 3/4, 4/1-4/4, include correspondence of Michael Dunn (TVS), 1980-1981)
3/4 'Governors-General'

BOX 4
4/1 'Governors of Tasmania'
4/2 'Governors of New South Wales and South Australia'
4/3 'Governors of Queensland and Western Australia'
4/4 'Governors of Victoria'

BOX 5
D. Research material on Conrad Martens (1801-1878)
5/1 Mixed loose research papers on Conrad Martens [Part 1], compiled 1966-1990
5/2 Mixed loose research papers on Conrad Martens [Part 2]
5/3 'Thirty Victoria Street - lists of photographs', being selected photographs of original paintings in the Dixson and Mitchell Libraries
5/4 Untitled research file, formerly file no. 2, being photocopies mainly of exhibition and sale catalogues, 1845-1919

BOX 6
6/1 'Thirty Victoria Street Australian auction catalogues', being mainly photocopies of catalogues and index cards, with checklists, compiled 1989-1992
6/2 'Thirty Victoria Street, Christies & Phillips, Lawsons, Joels, Art Gallery of NSW, Joseph Brown, English and American art catalogues', being photocopies
6/3 'The Alexander Turnbull Library, Holdings of Maggs [Bros]' with annotations, being mainly checklists
6/4 'Francis Edwards catalogues, inspected at the National Libraries of Australia and New Zealand', being checklists compiled 1990
6/5 National Union Catalog searches for holdings of the catalogues of Frank T. Sabin, Bernard Quaritch, Museum Book Store (London) and Spink & Son (London)
6/7 'Martens pencil drawings, undated', being mainly photocopies of exhibition and sale catalogue entries
6/8 'Martens pencil drawings, 1835-1839' [Ditto]
6/9 'Martens pencil drawings, 1840-1848' [Ditto]
6/9 'Martens pencil drawings, 1849-1882' [Ditto]
6/10 'Martens Auctions Bibliography Lawson W & Wallis' [Part 1], [Ditto] comprising catalogues, L-M, including James R. Lawson

BOX 7
7/1 'Martens Auctions Bibliography Lawson W & Wallis' [Part 2], [Ditto] comprising catalogues, M-W
7/2 'Martens watercolours, institutional holdings N-Z, private collections' [Part 1], including National Library of Australia
7/3 'Martens watercolours, institutional holdings N-Z, private collections' [Part 2], including National Library of Australia
7/4 Samples of painting entries, bibliography etc., and working notes, 1971-1990, including notes, photocopies and correspondence with Nancy Gray, 1971
7/5 'Martens watercolours. Institutional holdings A-M'

BOX 8
8/1 Works by Henry Martens and Rebecca Martens, being photocopies of exhibition, sale and library catalogue entries
8/2 Martens: working bibliography
8/3 'Martens prints, undated', including photocopies of Lawsons catalogues and correspondence of Rex Irwin with Emily Martens Ford, 1971
8/4 'Martens prints, dated'
8/5 'Possible new watercolours and prints, Thirty Victoria Street research'
8/6 Correspondence re: book on Martens, including colour transparencies and photographs
8/7 'Watercolours and drawings, undated, arranged by appearance (small)'

BOX 9
9/1 General research on Martens
9/2 'Martens watercolours, small, 1849'
9/3 'Martens watercolours, small, 1850-1877'
9/4 'Martens watercolours, small, 1830-1849'
9/5 'Martens watercolours, small, 1820-1829'
9/6 'Burrangalong Cavern'

BOX 10
10/1 'Martens oils, account of pictures listings known and unknown, nos. 1-31'
10/2 'Martens oils, 1838-1840, whereabouts known, nos. 32-48'
10/3 'Martens oils, 1841-1842, whereabouts known, nos. 49-66'
10/4 'Martens oils, 1843 - , whereabouts known, nos. 67-85'
10/5 'Martens oils, whereabouts unknown or other problem, nos. 92b-120'
10/5 'Martens oils, unattributed works, arranged by appearance, nos. 143-174'

BOX 11
11/1 'Martens watercolours, dated 1827 1836, large'
11/2 'Martens watercolours, 1837-1839, large'
11/3 'Martens watercolours, 1840-1852, large'
11/4 'Martens watercolours, 1853-1855, large'
11/5 'Martens watercolours, 1856-1859, large'
11/6 'Martens watercolours, 1860-1877, large'

BOX 12
12/1 'Martens watercolours'
12/2 'Martens watercolours, undated, arranged by appearance, 1920-1959, large'
12/3 40. 'Conrad Martens: Account of Picture painted at Sydney. N.S.Wales', being photocopies of Martens Account from the Dixson Library (DLMS 142) and inserted notes by McDonald, 2 July 1990; and photoprints of Martens notebook, 1856-1878 (DLMS 143)
12/4 41. 'Guide to Martens Research Thirty Victoria Street 29.8.90', being computer typescript
12/5 42. Consolidated guide to Martens works in oil and watercolour documented in boxes 10/1-6 and 11/1-6
12/6 43. 'Samples of Books Suitable in Format for the Martens Book Working Notes TVS'
12/7 44. Photocopied articles, 1966, 1984
12/8 45. Photocopy of Conrad Martens: The H. W. B. Chester Memorial Collection (1979) edited by Barry Pearce

BOX 13
13/1 46. 'T.V.S. Book of Indices 10.4.90'
13/2 47. 'from 28.3.90 - C1/4 Martens Oils Easy to find nos: 86-92'
13/3 48. '8.90 Martens M. Organ Print-Out Part 1', including correspondence with Michael Organ and indexes compiled by him to subject, locality and patron names in Martens' Account of Pictures

BOX 14
14/1 49. '8.89 Martens M. Organ Print-Out Part II', including indexes, listings and transcripts compiled by Michael Organ, 1988-1990
14/2 50. 'Price Index: Account of Pictures'
14/3 51. 'TVS Conrad Martens Workbook 11/89', with photocopy of article by Isobel Crombie, Portrait of a Painter: A Photograph of Conrad Martens by Freeman Brothers Studio, 1856, Art Bulletin of Victoria, no. 30, pp. 36-39

BOX 15
15/1 52. 'Martens Patrons Research Altrincham [to] Burton'
15/2 53. 'Martens Patrons Research Campbell [to] Fanning'

BOX 16
16/1 54. 'Martens Patrons Research Fielding [to] Levick'
16/2 55. 'Martens Patrons Research Macarthur [to] Young'

BOX 17
17/1 56. 'Mitchell [Library] Conrad Martens Biography Research'
17/2 57. '1 Martens WColours & Oils 1835-1838'
17/3 58. '2 Martens WColours & Oils 1839-1844'

BOX 18
18/1 59. '3 Martens WColours & Oils 1845-1854'
18/2 60. '4 Martens WColours & Oils 1855-1861'
18/3 61. '5 Martens WColours & Oils 1862-1878'

BOX 19
19/1 62. 'Lawsons Catalogues copied from Lawsons, Mitchell Library and N.L.A. filed chronologically 1900-1944'
19/2 63. 'Lawsons Catalogues copied from Lawsons, Mitchell Library and N.L.A. filed chronologically 1945-1957'

BOX 20
20/1 64. 'Lawsons Catalogues copied from Lawsons, Mitchell Library and N.L.A. filed chronologically 1958+'
20/2 65. '22.8.90 Mitchell Lib. Dixson Gallery Dixson Lib. Small Watercolours Drawing Prints'

BOX 21
21/1 66. 'from 28.3.90 - C3/4 Martens Oils Instit[ution]s Problems Works Nos: 121-142'
21/2 67. 'from 10.4.90 Martens Oils & WColours & Drawings Problems'
21/3 68. 'Martens Ex. Bibl. A-Z 1833-1990 also A.F.R. photocopies Begun by M. Organ 1989'

BOX 22
22/1 69. 'Martens Auctions Bibl. - A.A.A. K. Hince Begun by M. Organ 1989'
22/2 70. 'Martens Work To Do - To Be Filed'

Card Index Mixed Exhibitions Australia 1845-1880 by Michael Dunn
BOX 23X
Indexed by owners

BOX 24X
Indexed by artists