Wilkinson family of Pokolbin, NSW, papers including letters, sketches and printed items, ca. 1835-1949

A 6920
A 6924

fonds

1835-1949

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Watercolours

918478

Microfilm : Refer to Contents for location numbers

1 volume, 1 box and 4 portfolios of textual material

This collection contains the artwork of Florence Mary Hindmarsh Wilkinson and Mary Stephen (nee Hindmarsh).
Watercolour and miniature painter, Mary Hindmarsh (1817-1887), was the youngest daughter of the first governor of South Australia, Sir John Hindmarsh. In 1840, Mary married the colonial secretary (her former drawing teacher) George Milner Stephen. -- For further information see The Dictionary of Australian artists : painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870 / edited by Joan Kerr. Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1992.

Detailed list of contents is with items.

A 6920
Letters and papers, 1838-1954, including letters from relatives to members of the Stephen and Wilkinson families, other letters, letters concerning wine, Cessnock, N S W etc, and miscellaneous papers, with photoprints of family tree, 1921
(Request Microfilm: CY 2224, frames 35-248)

A 6924
Miscellaneous printed items, 1838-1907
(Request Microfilm: CY 224, frames 315-338)

Pictorial material

Item 01
Miscellaneous sketches and prints, ca. 1835-1913, including sketches of H.M.S. Nisus by Sir John Hindmarsh, and sketches by George Milner Stephen, Mary Stephen and F. M. H. Wilkinson

Item 02
Album of pencil sketches by Mary Stephen, nee Hindmarsh, 1836-1853, including views of Port Phillip and South Australia

Item 03
Mary Hindmarsh - panorama of Rio de Janeiro harbour, 1838

Item 04
Album of pencil sketches by Florence Mary Hindmarsh Wilkinson, 1914, including south view from Oakdale verandah, views of Lake Macquarie, Woy Woy from Snake Point and view on the Hawkesbury River

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (1-5A) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011