Pictorial material from the Geoffrey Keith Townshend papers, ca. 1911-1947

PXD 1123

fonds

ca. 1911-1947

Graphic Materials, Clippings, Drawings, Watercolours, Photographs, Textual Records

911223

1 box (approx. 42 watercolours - approx. 130 sketches; 5 photographs; 24 clippings) : ; various sizes.
1 folder (3 sketchbooks) - various sizes
1 album - pen, pencil and ink ; 10 x 15 cm. - watercolour
1 document of textual material - 20 x 10 cm. - manuscript

Geoffrey Townshend worked as a cartoonist for the Bulletin from 1911, and also produced watercolours. After enlisting in 1915 he served for 3 years in France. He produced drawings from the Western Front and France for the ‘Aussie’.

WATERCOLOURS
Approx. 42 watercolours, some signed and dated. Mostly are preliminary drawings. Some are painted on verso.

SKETCHES
Approx. 130 sketches, mostly pencil, some ink. Sketches are mainly preliminary sketches for other works. Some sketches have notes concerning shading and colours.

SKETCHBOOKS
2 spiral bound and 1 small pad containing preliminary pencil and watercolour drawings.

PHOTOGRAPHS
2 photographs of G.K. Townshend Exhibition, Moreton Galleries, Brisbane, July 1947.

1 photograph of "The Lively Arts" show on Channel 2, ABC, Doug Pratt on right of picture.

1 photograph of landscape painting.

1 photograph of two men on board the 'Daland' ship. Inscription on back 'With love from your sister, Doris, in remembrance of a happy day on the Elbe, October 1911'.

WORLD WAR I MATERIAL
1. 2 photographic portraits by May Moore. G.K. Townshend in army uniform, and Mrs. Townshend.
2. Christmas card titled, 'Xmas Greetings from Somme Land'. Inscribed, 'My present home from Geoffrey Keith'. Signed and dated G.K. Townshend, 11/12/16. Watercolour depicting man doing washing outside a small house.
3. Watercolour, titled on back 'Rouen, 1917'.
4. Watercolour, titled 'Send them books! Send books to library [?] service, Bent St, Sydney'. Image of soldiers outside tent.
5. Watercolour, signed and dated G.K. Townshend, Oct. 1917. 'Clairmarais near St. Omer'.
6. Pencil sketch, signed and dated GKT, 10/4/16. Indecipherable title. Coastline of France.
7. Four pencil sketches pasted to cardboard.
a. Old man pulling a cart? 1916.
b. 'Flounders in Flanders'.
c. 'Thus it's dug out down, Ypres, [?]', 2/3/17.
d. Old woman. France, 1916.
8. Pencil sketch, signed G.K. Townshend. Titled, 'Hamburg, Germany'.
9. Manuscript note probably a caption for a cartoon. "VDC's on maneuvers, moving through scrub. Trees are being bent almost double by a shrieking wind and rain is lashing down. Obviously a terrific storm. O.C. to men, 'Now, above all, silence! Remember, men, even the sound of a snapping twig may reveal our presence to the enemy!'
10. Small album of pencil and watercolour sketches from Northern France, mainly in Albert. Some are dated between July and August 1916.

CLIPPINGS
24 clippings mostly from 'The Bulletin' and 'Australian Woman's Mirror' and 'The Sydney Mail'. Dates range from August 4, 1927 to June 18, 1935. Images are cartoons and illustrations for serials and short stories. They depict romances, soldiers, and Australian bush scenes. A few published illustrations are also in the watercolours and sketches as preliminary works.

This pictorial material is part of G.K Townshend papers at ML DOC 1729.

Copyright restrictions may apply: Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Clippings published before 1955 are out of copyright. Original drawings are in copyright for the life of creator plus 70 years.
Copyright holder:: Unknown
Approval for reproduction required: Applies to the original drawings
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy G.K. Townshend

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Some watercolours, sketches and cartoons are signed and dated.
Some have notes concerning colours and shading.