Whiting family pictorial material, ca.1870-1962

PXD 1094
LPG/38

fonds

ca.1870-1962

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Drawings, Textual Records

912801

19 photographic prints - 38 x 30 cm. or smaller
3 newscuttings
16 pencil, ink and gouache drawings

George Whiting (1834-1922), a Sydney landowner, was the grandfather of the donor, George L. Hobson. Eveline Whiting (1860-ca.1955) was an aunt of Mr Hobson.

PXD 1094
Photographs:
Camp 2nd Mounted Rifles, Randwick Rifle Range; Portion of B Squadron 2nd M.R.s [Mounted Rifles]

Whiting & Hobson family portrait by John Stuart, photographer, Milson’s Point

Mounted enlargement portraits of George L. Hobson; his wife Lily (nee Bartlett); his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Mr and Mrs Bartlett.

Carte-de-visite portraits: Mrs G. R. Whiting; Louisa Mary-Ann Hobson, d.1881; Nea Josephine Hobson later Mrs F. A. Rodway; Blanch Rodway; James Hobson; view of Cowper Terrace

Cabinet cards: unidentified woman, and Lucilla Whiting “Auntie”

Silver gelatin print inscribed “My mother Mrs J? Hobson”, also inscribed “Grandma”

Mounted photograph of Valetta, Gore Hill, with woman, possibly Blanche Hobson? seated on garden bench in foreground

Five drawings by Evelyn M. Whiting, one dated 20 October 1884

Newscuttings about South African war and 2nd Mounted rifles, including unsourced cutting about South African War medals presented to George L. Hobson

LPG / 38
Portraits by Evelyn M. Whiting, 1880s. 11 pencil drawings with white highlights, including portraits of Mr Alfred Morine, Lady Carrington, Lady C. Beresford, Sir Henry Parkes, Judge Real; on shared mount.

Out of copyright: Copyright expired - Created before 1955. Applies to original photographs
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Copyright restrictions may apply: Applies to artworks by Evelyn Whiting

Transferred from Pic.Acc.2126 and Pic.Acc.2139 as part of the eRecords project, 2011-2012

The Whiting & Hobson family portrait by John Stuart, photographer, Milson’s Point was partially identified by the Mitchell Library conservator from inscriptions on the back of mount when unframed:

"Standing is G. B. Whiting & James Hobson. Seated Mrs Whiting, in centre Lucille her eldest daughter on her right. Blanche Hobson her second daughter on her left. Evelyn her youngest daughter standing with her dog. George Hobson sitting on his mother’s left. Nea Hobson standing on the right of her mother. -cys? Hobson standing between his Grandma and Evelyn Whiting. (?) Hobson standing between his Grandma and (?)."

The children in the Whiting family group are also tentatively identified on another file note as Mary Louise, Nea/Una, Reginald, Dorothy, Beryl