• Title
  Gilbert Doble designed sculptures [glass negatives], c.1920s-1930s / photographed by Gilbert Doble
• Creator
  Gilbert Doble, 1880-1974
• Call number
  ON 349
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  c. 1920s-1930s
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  826179
• Physical Description
  88 black & white negatives and positives - glass - Full-plate, half-plate, quarter-plate & lantern slides
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Gilbert "Bertie" Doble sculpted in stone and modelled in clay, he also did his own bronzing by an electro-deposition process he perfected himself in his own studio at a time when most Australian sculptors had to send bronze jobs to be done overseas. Doble sculpted war memorials at Wellington, Pyrmont and Marrickville, regarding the Wellington War Memorial as his finest statuary group. At Bathurst he constructed the Evans memorial in 1919, notable for it's respectful depiction of an Aboriginal man crouched at Evans' knee - representing one of the Aboriginals who acted as a guide for Evans on his surveys. Doble also produced medals, shields and trophies. He did his own photography with a series of plate cameras that allowed him to copy his jobs on to glass negatives.
  References:
  Library correspondence file
• Scope and Content
  1-2. Evans monument, Bathurst
  3-4. Marrickville peace monument
  5-6. [Medals]
  7. [Soldier's head]
  8. [Monkey]
  9. [Composition of 4 sculpture photographs]
  10-11. [Naked woman with vase]
  12-15. [Soldier on horseback] - For Right
  16. [Composition of 4 sculpture photographs]
  17. [Mermaid, seated]. Duplicate of 58
  18. Bathurst War Memorial. [A proposal for Bathurst Soldier's Memorial]
  19-20. [Composition of 4 sculpture photographs]
  21-30. Family photos - Greg Loft & Iris Loveday, wedding day with family at "Rivernook"
  31-32. [Pan]
  33. Family photo in mangroves in boat, Georges River
  34. [Sculpture installation at unidentified church]
  35-36. Evans monument, Bathurst
  37-38. Hewing coal [plaque], 1859
  39. One people one destiny / In peace in war / The Commonwealth Shield, 1909
  40. The Aerial League of Australia to H Houdini for the first aerial flight in Austraila, March 16th, 1910
  41. [Sculpture, classical style, seated woman reading]
  42-46. [Armoured man with sword on horseback]
  47. [Winged angel with wreath and sword]
  48. Their Name Liveth for ever [female figure, war memorial]
  49. [Armoured male, seated with sword]
  50. Pro patria [for one's country - winged angel]
  51-57. [Shields, various designs & themes]
  58. [Mermaid, seated]. Duplicate of 17
  59. [Naked male & female figures on decorated plinths]
  60-62. Family photos "Rivernook", Oatley, Sydney
  63. Active shipping coal, 1859
  64. Shipping coal, 1909
  65-69. Evans monument, Bathurst [detail]
  70-71. Evans monument, Bathurst
  72. Evans monument, Bathurst [detail] - commemorating the discovery by Evans of the Bathurst plains and the opening of the West, 1813
  73. Paddington Municipal Jubilee 1860-1910 [honour board]
  74-75. [Wellington War Memorial, established 1923. A bronze sculpture comprising three figures surmounts the memorial. Seated at centre is "Winged Victory" with sword. A partly armoured figure bearing a palm branch is alongside and symbolises the spirit in which Australia entered the First World War. The third figure represents History recording in a book the deeds of those who saw service]
  76-77. Marrickville War Memorial, 1919
  78-79. [Agriculture sculpture for the Evans Memorial in Bathurst. A male crouching with bowed head, tying plant stems together]
  80-81. Lest we forget Australia [female seated with sword resting]
  82. [Science sculpture for the Evans Memorial in Bathurst. A female seated with globe at her side]
  83. Their Name Liveth for ever [female figure, war memorial]
  84. [Unidentified war memorial, soldier]
  85. [Unidentified war memorial, soldier - detail]
  86. [Stair column]
  87. [Drinking fountain for the Evans Memorial in Bathurst]
  88. [Female figure with olive wreath in raised right arm]
• System of arrangement
  Partially by size
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Created before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Description source
  
  Titled from negatives (1-4,18,37-40,50,63-64,73)
  Titled from original box (21-30, 60-62)
  Titled from information and photographs supplied by researcher (18, 78-79, 82, 87)
• General note
  
  Some of the sculptures were photographed in the grounds of the property of the donor's grandmother, "Rivernook", Myall Street, Oatley.
  References:
  Library correspondence file
• Date note
  
  Date of collection refers to the date the photographs were taken, however most of the sculptures depicted were constructed some years earlier.
• Conservation note
  
  Item 5 is broken and the broken pieces were missing from the original consignment
• Name
  Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926
  
• Subject
  Adult Females
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  war memorials
  sculptures
  shields (prizes)
  medals
  bronzes
  monuments & memorials
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  surveyors
  
• Place
  Marrickville (N.S.W.)
  Bathurst (N.S.W.)
  Oatley (N.S.W.)
  Georges River (Oatley, N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE8853020

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