16367
- Title[Designs submitted to John Sands christmas cards competition, 1881]
- Call numberPXA 648
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1881 - Type of material
- Reference code16367
- Issue CopyDigitised
- Physical DescriptionDrawings - 48 watercolours
Paintings - 1 oil Paintings on card
Clippings - 6 sheets of photocopies of newscuttings - Copying ConditionsOut of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - General note
In 1881 John Sands organised a competition in which the public was invited to submit designs for Christmas cards, which he intended to publish. Prizes were offered for the winning designs. The designs had to be "Australian in character", so most of these watercolours show either bush landscapes and life, or botanical illustrations. The designs in this collection appear to date from this competition - PXA 648/1 is inscribed on reverse "Designed by J. J. Gibbs 1881"
Press comments about the competition can be found in the Sydney Morning Herald 24 May 1881 p.5 & the Daily Telegraph 23 May 1881 p.3. -- See also Majorie Graham "Collecting Christmas Cards and their origin in the colony", Australasian Antique Collector, Jan/July 1968 p.48-49 : photocopies of these articles are at PXA 648/50-55.
On old wrapper (now disposed of) "Designs for Australian Christmas Cards in the collection of D.S. Mitchell?"
Digital order no:Album ID : 1045857 - Signatures / Inscriptions
On the reverse of many of the designs is inscribed the names of the designers, as well as the pseudonyms used in the competition - Name
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