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69883
  • Title
    Vasco Loureiro World War I sketches, 1915-1918
  • Creator
  • Call number
    PXE 700/vol. 1
  • Level of description
    series
  • Date

    1915-1918
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    69883
  • Issue Copy
    Digitised
  • Physical Description
    215 drawings - charcoal, wash and watercolour
  • Scope and Content
    1. Jockey Jack, 1915 [caricature]
    2. Caricature of artist, 1916
    3. Newcastle Dan, 1916
    4. Gordon from Coonamble, 1916
    5. 6305 Grant from Burwood, 1916
    6. 46953 Dinkum, 1916 [caricature]
    7. The vaccinated smile, 1916 [caricature]
    8. KYD C Coy. - Our spud barber on active service, 1916 [caricature]
    9. `Cocky Bennet' from Newcastle, 1916
    10. Padre, 1916 [caricature]
    11. Duncan from Surrey Hills, 1916
    12. Carrington from Arncliffe, 1916
    13. Burton on active service, 1916
    14. Fat at sea, 1916
    15. `Cogwheel' from Bathurst, 1916
    16. 7002 Glen Innes Tom, 1916
    17. [untitled - heads of 2 soldiers]
    18. Our second steward at sea, 1916 [caricature]
    19. Our Sergeant `A' Coy Engineers Reinfts., 1916 [caricature]
    20. 6321 Woollahra farmer, 1916
    21. Barbed wire, 1916
    22. The Sergt. from Woollahra, 1916
    23. Chief engineer, 1916
    24. `Gaffey' 1916 [caricature]
    25. O.C. on active service, 1916
    26. The guiding star, W. J. Wren, 1916 [caricature]
    27. O.C. `at sea' L. Redgrave, 1916 [caricature]
    28. `Snow' 1916 [caricature]
    29. `Joe' 1916 [caricature]
    30. `Scotty Bob' from Dundoo Hills, 1916
    31. `Big Ben' 1916 [caricature]
    32. 1596 [male portrait] 1916
    33. `Jerry' the glad eye at sea, 1916
    34. Newcastle Jack, 1916
    35. Bert from Bowral, 1916
    36. 6399 [male portrait] 1916
    37. Segt. Ernie from Surrey Hills, 1916
    38. 16190 [male portrait] 1916
    39. 3134 `Newcastle George' 1916
    40. `Arry at sea' 1916
    41. `Jock' 1916
    42. V. Taylor, 1916
    43. 3159 Miller's Point
    44. 3240 Taree Bill, 1916
    45. Sergt. Quigley. 1916
    46. Our Chief Steward, 1916 [caricature]
    47. `The transport bulldog, the old man dips again!' 1916
    48. Alf from Warialda, 1916
    49. 3128 [male portrait] 1916
    50. `Pommie' 1916
    51. Charlie on active service, 1916
    52. Bob Bruce, 1916
    53. Bill Hodge of Banana Land, 1916 [caricature]
    54. The glad eye off to the front, 1916
    55. 6835 Les Darcy's punch ball `on active service' 1916
    56. Jim from Erskineville `the bowline king' 1916 [caricature]
    57. Miller's Point, 1916
    58. 1585 Curly Bill from Petersham, 1916
    59. 2516 `at sea' 1916
    60. Newcastle Jim, 1916
    61. 6950 Newcastle's last hope, 1916
    62. 6281 Haberfield Harold, 1916
    63. 3225 `Nugget' at sea, 1916
    64. The coffee fiend 1916 [caricature]
    65. 7062 one of the 4th, 1916
    66. 6738 `Campsie Kennedy', 1916
    67. 6338 Bill from Delungra, 1916
    68. 6976 Newcastle Nat, 1916
    69. `Les' from Ashfield, 1916
    70. 6339 [male portrait] 1916
    71. Kenny at sea, 1916
    72. Go on Sykes! 1916
    73. Ragtime sketches on our transport - 16223, 16300, 16229. 16292, 16216, Youngie, Pig iron polisher, Bottles and McGovern, 1916
    74. Burwood Mac, 1916
    75. Ragtime sketches round Frasers camp
    76. `Doc' rifle range, 1916 [caricature]
    77. Adjutant rifle range, 1916 [caricature]
    78. The dairymaid artillery camp, 1916 [caricature]
    79. `Buzz' of the artillery camp, 1916 [caricature]
    80. Adjutant `marathon' 1916 [caricature]
    81. E.G. Cairns, Eugene `The John' Engineers Camp, 1916 [caricature]
    82. Sigley, Nugget of the Engineers, 1916 [caricature]
    83. `The pride of the Sappers', Engineers, 1916 [caricature]
    84. A wee taste o' the auld Kirk!, 1916 [caricature]
    85. `Chloe' `The one and only' Rifle Range Camp, 1916 [caricature]
    86. Bill Hayes of the Flying Corps, 1916 [caricature]
    87. Mac `Buckles on the near side' Artillery Camp, 1916
    88. `Spud Barber' of the 7th of the 4th Pioneers, 1916
    89. Corrector 150, 1916 [caricature]
    90. `Tassy Tam' 1916 [caricature]
    91. `Robby the Rag Time Gunner' 1916 [caricature]
    92. Roll Call - Engineers - to your duties Quick March! 1916 [caricature]
    93. 17th of the 26th `Clarence' 1916 [caricature]
    94. 7th of the 52nd `Lord Roberts' 1916 [caricature]
    95. Our No.12 School Sergt. Major, 1916 [caricature]
    96. Northern Rivers King Rifle Range, 1916 [caricature]
    97. Feeeed! Artillery Camp, 1916 [caricature]
    98. Pioneer Corporal, 1916 [caricature]
    99. `All enquiries at the window' Q.M.S. Artillery Camp, 1916 [caricature]
    100. 17th of the 26th `Brycey' as Mess Orderly, 1916 [caricature]
    101. O.C. Corporal School, 1916 [caricature]
    102. O.C. 17th of the 25th late of Officers' phone Frasers' - Mt. Morgan, 1916 [caricature]
    103. [male portrait] 1916
    104. `Nugget' late `Babbling Brook' of the A.M.C. 1916 [caricature]
    105. `Action front' Artillery Camp, 1916 [caricature]
    106. `The motor hog' Artillery Camp, 1916 [caricature]
    107. `The more you put down the more you pick up!' - 6319 `Any more for any more' 1916 [caricature]
    108. Ragtime sketches on the transport - `The inverted prone position' : `Come on me lucky lads! Now any more!' 1916 [caricature]
    109. Soldiers at Sea, Nov 1916 - 1585 Goldener, 16226, Chapman, Meader, Campbell, Barton, Mark Time! Molloy, 5613 George Taylor, Ryan, Jock, Jim Rose, O'Grady says form fours: Moody, Meadows [caricature]
    110. Round the transport stadium, Nov 1916
    111. Beer! Beer! Glorious Beer! on active service from Brisbane, Sydney Special, Nov 2nd 1916 ...
    112. [manuscript notation]
    113. Round the transport stadium, Dec 1916
    114. Round the Durban Wharf, Dec 1916
    115. Gabriel Stubbo on the Route March, Cape Town, Dec 1916 [caricature]
    116. Round the Durban Wharf, Dec 1916
    117. Ragtime sketches on our transport, Dec 1916
    118. Coaling at Durban, Dec 1916
    119. [untitled - sketch of back of man]
    120. Rag time sketches on our transport, Dec 1916 - 6283, 3251, 6316, 3162 Morrison, 3219 Yorky, 3187 Charlie, Jim, Ginger
    121. 1415 Nigger Hardey, 3d. a pot on Salisbury, 1917 [caricature]
    122. 1412 `Tiger' of the 3rd Light T.M.B. on Salisbury Plains, 1917 [caricature]
    123. 6333 Arthur of the 19th, 1917
    124. 3132 [male portraits] 1917
    125. Cape Times - Christian Major, the Route March Kid, 1917 [caricature]
    126. Washing day `at sea', 1917
    126a. [Untitled rough figure]
    127. On board our transport, 1917
    128. The sappers' music room at sea - Shey, `Snow first violin', Paddy Symmons of the 20th, Farrel of the 4th, 1917
    129. Nightmares on Picquet, 1917
    130. [untitled - sketches of soldiers] 1917
    131. The Picquets nightmare, the 1 am. to 3 am. shift ... 1917
    132. Troop wash places, 1917

    133. The curse of drink, canteen ale, 1917
    134. David Williams, Cape Town, 1917
    135. 6309 `Benno' of the 19th at sea, 1917
    136. Our boatswain's mate - `Could you keep one down?' 1917 [caricature]
    137. 16219 Noo Yark Mack, 1917 [caricature]
    138. `Stevo' of the 17th, 1917 [caricature]
    139. 16293 F. Saville from Lorne N.S.W., 1917
    140. 3246 Snell of the 54th, 1917 [caricature]
    141. 3169 `Bluey' of the 54th, 1917 [caricature]
    142. 6975 `arry of the 4th, Nov Reinfts., 1917 [caricature]
    143. 16232 Dave Somers with the Field Engineers, 1917 [caricature]
    144. 7090 `Andy' of the 4th `Thora's' sparring partner, 1917
    145. 6970 Only a Mess Orderly, 4th Battalion, 1917
    146. [untitled rough sketches of 2 ships]
    147. Don of the 20th 6441, 1917
    148. 3192 Alf of the 54th, 1917
    149. 6363 Barney mumps convalescent, 1917
    150. Knockout Dixon, 1917 [caricature]
    151. Champion feather-weight of the Suevic, 1917 [caricature]
    152. 6950 Brownie's Sunday sausage, 1917 [caricature]
    153. 3169 Charlie of the 55th looking for TIN, 1917 [caricature]
    154. 16220 `Nicko' of the Gingerbeers, 1917 [caricature]
    155. 7050 `Swanky' of the 4th, 1917 [caricature]
    156. 3169 `Are we downhearted?' Charlie of the 55th, 1917
    157. `Old' Jim, 1917
    158. The Chef's Understudy, 1917
    159. [untitled male portraits]
    160. 6313 Strathfield Snow, 1917
    161. The Cape Town Kid, 1917
    162. The St Helena smile, on board our tranpsort, 1917 [caricature]
    163. 6796 Toomey, 1917
    164. 3247 Somewhere at sea, 1917 [caricature]
    165. The little grey home `At Sea', Jan 1917
    166. H.M.A.T. `Port Napier' - H.M.A.T. `Hororata' - A.72, Jan 1917
    167. H.M.A.T. Port Napier at Sierra Leone - H.M.S. Glasgow and H.M.A.T. Britain, Jan 1917
    168. H.M.S. Glasgow - H.M.A.T. Port Napier off Sierra Leone, Jan 1917
    169. H.M.S. Glasgow at St Helena, Jan 3rd 1917
    170. H.M.A.T. `Kyarra', Jan 1917
    171. Our escort from Sierra Leone H.M.S. Almanzora - The old `Kyarra' - H.M.N.Z.T. Tahiti - Monganui & Tahiti - H.M.S.A.T. Britain, Jan 1917
    172. H.M.A.T. Britain & Tahiti at Sierra Leone, Jan 1917
    173. Feb 1917, Hotel de Provence, Leicester Square [sketches on note paper] ... A.I.F. Sapper Vasco No. 16136
    174. Vendredi proclain Vasco a l' escargot ... 1917
    175. `A reinforement to Engineers" Spr Vasco, April 1st 1917
    176. Sapper Vasco No. 16136 ... La Normandie 30/6/17 [caricature]
    177. Vasco somewhere in France, Aug 1917, studying the laws of telepathy
    178. [untitled farm scene]
    179. `Grandma by the fire' 1918
    180. [untitled farm scene] 1918
    181. A tip; King John for the Irish Derby - The sea breeze - Marguerite - One of Lord Kitchener's - The foreman - French woman filling sand bags round the 47th General Hospital, France, 1918
    182. [untitled chickens]
    183. In memory of 16136 Spr Vasco, Brisbane [caricature]
    184. [letter dated Jan 6th 1918, Flanders]
    185. With love from Vasco, March 25th 1918, somewhere in France [self portrait]
    186. [untitled sketch of 2 ships]
    187. [Ships] off St Helena
    188. [untitled ships]
    189. Sierra Leone [ship]
    190. [rough sketch of ship]
    191. [untitled ships, undated]
    192. `Dinny' at the bombing school [caricature]
    193. `Aleck' our camp barber, rifle range
    194. The Range Sergt. [caricature]
    195. Chef No. 12 School of Instruction [caricature]
    196. Where's that D - fatigue!!! [caricature]
    197. `Nor Bell' journalist & actor [caricature]
    198. J Coy. Form Fours [caricature]
    199. `Dad' Training School Enoggera [caricature]
    200. John Reynard, Cape Town
    201. `Our chef' [caricature]
    202. Corporal Atkinson of the 20th `The morning shave'
    203. 6346 `John from Kogarah'
    204. 9619 A well known coursing and racing enthusiast of S.A. keeping warm on Salisbury
    205. `Mick from Tamworth'
    206. [untitled male portraits]
    207. The sort of stuff the censor doesn't object to. From Sapper Vasco No. 16136 Field Engineers A.I.F. on active service [sketches on board ship]
    208-209. [untitled male & female figures]
    210. Duck board Lizz, Kamouflage Kate - Frenchwomen filling sandbags round hospital grounds 47th General Hospital, France
    211. [untitled male & female figures]
    212. Fatigue off for a wash - Spello - Caught bending
    213. Wood Fatigue - Cooks Fatigue - The latrine king - Tommy Alkins - The F- bagman - Q.M.S. Fatigue
    214. The spud barbers - Slop Fatigue
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • General note

    A bibliography of servicemen's and women's diaries of World War I is held in the Mitchell Library Original Materials Reading Room at PXn 878
    State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I pictorial material
    Digital order no:Album ID : 1014780
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Most sketches are signed "Vasco" and dated 1915-1918
  • Subject
  • Topic
  • Exhibited in

    UNESCO Six - State Library of New South Wales (6 October, 2018 - 5 May, 2019). Applies to: ff. 2, 111, 173, 177, 207, and 214
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