Item 04: Victorian photographic album of the Taylor family, with three original watercolours by James Taylor of the 48th Regiment, ca 1808-1882

PXE 1647

item

ca 1808-1882

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Watercolours, Prints

1373625

1 photographic album (3 watercolours, 24 photographs; 1 print) - 30 x 23 cm. - leather; brass; watercolours; cartes-de-visite; printed

Victorian photographic album belonging to the Taylor family, with three original watercolours by James Taylor of the 48th Regiment tipped in the album. Includes 24 original cartes-de-visite of Taylor family and friends which are named on the album or the verso of the image, and 1 print. Many images have been photographed in Melbourne. Inscribed inside front cover, “Mrs Katherine Taylor 47 Clanricarde Gardens, London, 1875". Album is in brown tooled leather with brass clasp and lock. The pages are gilt edged.

Watercolour titled, “In Spain by Colonel Taylor, 48th Regt”, ca 1808-1809. 13.8 x 21.5 cm.

William and Isabella Taylor, April 12, 1877. Hand-coloured cartes-de-visite.

I.P. Taylor.

William Taylor.

Rev. Muir Dalweng.

Williamina E. Taylor, died 21 March 1864.

I.P. Taylor.

W.A. Taylor.

James Dawson.

A. Johnson.

Mr Danson.

Effie McQueeney.

Earl of Rosebery, 1866.

Effie and Katherine Taylor, 1881.

Baby Taylor, 1880.

Effie Taylor.

Katherine Taylor.

Effie Taylor.

Watercolour titled, “In Spain by Colonel Taylor, 48th Regt”, ca 1808-1809. 13.8 x 21.5 cm.

Effie and Katie Taylor taken when they arrived from London in Melbourne, 1882.

Watercolour titled, “In Spain by Colonel Taylor, 48th Regt”, ca 1808-1809. 16 x 22.7 cm.

Miss Johnston, 1865.

Jo Maria Johnston.

Katherine Taylor.

Print of the photogravure of the portrait of [Robert] Burns which is to appear in the Centenary Edition of the poet’s works. Painted by Peter Taylor, 1786.

Mrs Isabella Dawson Taylor, 1882.

Mrs MacInnes and her two boys, 1870.

William Taylor.

Contents list arranged as album.

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Watercolours dated by the time James Taylor and the 48th Regiment spent in Spain during the Peninsular Wars, 1808-1809.