Series 03: Falkiner Family collection of drawings, ca. 1840-1946

PXE 1026/Box 3

series

ca. 1840's-1946

Graphic Materials, Drawings, Paintings, Watercolours

421688

17 drawings - 1 Paintings
Drawings - 74 watercolour drawings - 31.7 x 36.5 cm. or smaller
Drawings - 81 pen & ink drawings - 31.5 x 49 cm. or smaller
Drawings - 1 pastel on paper - 25.5 x 17.5 cm.
Paintings - 1 oil Paintings on paper - 16.3 x 19.7 cm.

1-23. Flowers and fruit
24-45. Birds and animals including cockatoos
46-74. Landscape scenes including gardens, rural, and seaside views
75-87. Portraits
88-117. Sketches of fairies, mythical creatures, and young children. Includes some drawings by Annie and Ida Rentoul
118. "Caroline" [decorated name label]
119. Sketch titled "The End"
120. Sketch titled "Mr & Mrs Allan Smith's house in Singapore" [extracted from Una Falkiner's diaries]

By subject area

Many drawings are unsigned. Some drawings are preliminary sketches and have an additional drawing on the reverse
No. 61 has verse on the back
number 17 not used

Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Item no. 120 transferred from Pic.Acc.5463 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13

No. 1 has inscription "Chapter I"
Nos. 1, 7, 40-42, 48, 55, 77, 81-82, are signed "U.F." in lower right.
No. 49 is signed "J. Cotton" in lower right
No. 71 is signed and dated "Una Falkiner 1946"
No. 99 is signed "A.R.R"
Some items are titled and have explanatory notes