Synnot and Macarthur family albums, ca. 1810-1914.

PXD 353
PXA 1278/vols. 1-6

fonds

ca. 1810-1914

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Drawings, Watercolours

908853

Drawings (1 box) - various - watercolours, etchings, approx. 50 photographs, photomechanical prints, posters
6 albums - various - watercolours, pencil, approx. 250 photographs, postcards, textural material

Captain Walter Synnot (1773-1851) from the 66th Regiment of Foot (Berkshire) served with the regiment in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Jamaica. Retired and migrated to South Africa in 1820, returned to Ireland in 1825. He arrived in Tasmania in 1826 with his third wife Mary Jane, nee Mather. Following his death Mary Jane married Charles Macarthur (son of Hannibal Macarthur and Anna Maria, the eldest daughter of Philip Gidley King). The collection was received from their granddaughter

Reference:
Dictionary of Australian Artists Online
Library correspondence file

includes sketches by Walter Synnot, his mother Jane, Lady Synnot, Charles Macarthur, F.R. Nixon Bishop of Tasmania, and many others.

ITEM 01
Miscellanous sketches, etchings, photographs, photomechanical prints and posters, ca.1810-1914. Sketches include scenes in Ireland, mostly unidentified. Artists include Jane, Lady Synnot, C. W. Macarthur, Marcus Synnot, Charles B. Cumberland and scenes of the 66th Regiment in Newfoundland by Captain W. Synnot 1851.

Photographs include a group portrait of a Synnot wedding in Melbourne, Launceston Fire Brigade, Strathmore Tasmania and sailing ship on the Derwent River.
Call Number: PXD 353

ITEM 02
Scrapbook, ca. 1826-1870, possibly belonging to Polly King includes postcards, drawings, photograph of Camden Park, hair, signatures with 19th century verse and extracts.

Signed drawings by W. Synnot of the 66th Regiment include botanical and bird sketches from Cape of Good Hope and Tasmania ; portraits
drawings of 3 officers from the 96th Regiment ; watercolour drawing of the Great Comet, dated 6 March 1843 V.D.L.

Other artists include Bishop of Tasmania F. Nixon, Charles Macarthur and Jane, Lady Synnot.

Identified drawings include a pencil sketch of The Vineyard Parramatta, 1847 ; views in Tasmania, by Charles Macarthur ; Drawing of 'M.J. Macarthur', formerly Mary-Jane Synnot ; `View of Deloraine from the north side of the Meander river – looking South West’, ca 1840s by William Madden ; `Sir Maurice O’Connell’s drawing room, Tarmons', ca 1840s.

Loose items filed separately in box.
Call Number: PXA 1278/vol. 1

ITEM 03
Scrapbook, ca. 1834-1906, possibly belonging to Agnes B. MacArthur, includes a sketchbook, drawings, photographs, postcards, signatures with 19th century verse and extracts.

Signed drawings by W. Synnot, Charles Macarthur, Fanny Delacombe 1834, Emily Pring 1876, and M. A. Williams. Two photographs by Bishop Nixon.

Photographs include a group portrait, house in Launceston Tasmania, Strathmore Tasmania, Government House Sydney, Commercial Bank Sydney 1871, Lord Loftus and guard of honour, Calcutta natives.
Call Number: PXA 1278/vol. 2

ITEM 04
Scrapbook, ca. 1844-1881, possibly belonging to Agnes B. MacArthur, includes drawings, photographs, postcards, Tasmanian seaweeds, signatures with 19th century verse and extracts.

Drawings by Charles Macarthur of scenes on the Murray 1851, Holmes & Bawtrees Station on the Murray below Echuca 1851. Other identified artists are Lambert Gordon and Marcus Hungerford. Also drawings of Queenbeyan 1845; Concord on Parramatta River 1844 and sailing ships.

Identified photographs of Alfred House, Sydney ; Sydney scenes ; Camden Park with the Captain and Mrs Onslow and children ; palms at Camden Park in lower garden ; Sudan 1869 ; Newry UK ; The Suez Canal ; Rostrevor Northern Ireland.
Call Number: PXA 1278/vol. 3

ITEM 05
Photograph album, ca. 1864-1900, chiefly unidentified portraits from studios in Adelaide, Brisbane, Rockhampton, Sydney and Warwick.

Identified photographs by Henry S. Wyer, Yonkers N.Y. of Carrie Adila Law, Age 13 Years, Henry Herbert Law 18 months, Martha Janet 2 yrs and groups outside houses. Portraits of
Bertha and Edith Law Smith, April 1888 by Duryea, Adelaide.
Call Number: PXA 1278/vol. 4

ITEM 06
Album containing portraits, views and news cuttings, ca. 1869-1882
Call Number: PXA 1278/vol. 5

ITEM 07
Ida King exercise and scrapbook
Call Number: PXA 1278/vol. 6

Access via appointment - Applies to PXA 1278/vol. 1

Out of copyright: created before 1955
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