Photographs of the Blaxland, Hays, and Kopsen families, including painted miniatures and a printed book, ca. 1860s-1945 / compiled by descendants of the Blaxland family

fonds

ca. 1860s-1945

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Watercolours, Objects, Textual Records

9609248

35 photographs
1 drawing
0.05 metres of textual material (1 box)

Nearly all the photos in this collection depict members of the Blaxland family, via Louisa Jane Blaxland, the Hays family, via Richard Blaxland Hays, or Kopsen family members.

Louisa Jane was daughter of Arthur Blaxland (1816-1894), son of John Blaxland (1769-1845) and Henriette (née de Marquet). Richard Blaxland Hays was son of Jane Hays (née Blaxland), who was the daughter of Gregory Blaxland (1778-1853).

Richard and Louisa were cousins who married and thus both direct descendants of John and Gregory Blaxland, two brothers of an early pioneer family in Australia.

In 1884, Richard and Louisa had a daughter Dorothy Emily (1884 - 1984) who married Eric Kopsen in 1910. Their daughters Betty (b. 1912) and Margaret (b. 1914) appear among the photographs.

Source: Library file.

By descent from the Blaxland family.

This collection provides a visual record of members of a remarkable and influential family of early colonial landowners, merchants and pastoralists in NSW. Three generations of Blaxland, Hays, and Kopsen members are represented.

Several items in the collection include a delicately painted miniature of a woman (unidentified), watercolour on ivory; a double-side, gold photo-brooch depicting Louisa Blaxland and Betty Kopsen; and an ambrotype photograph in its original case cover, depicting a seated woman, with two children (unidentified).

ITEM 01: [Louise Blaxland Hays and unidentified girl, miniature watercolour portraits in brooch, ca 1876]

ITEM 02: [Louise Blaxland Hays, miniature hand-coloured watercolour portrait in locket, ca 1876]

ITEM 03: [Photograph of a woman, hand-painted, ca 1860s] / photography by Freeman Studios, hand-painted by G. Dean

ITEM 04: [Photograph of Bess Barrington, nee Hays, ca 1940s]

ITEM 05: [Photograph of Margaret and Frederick (Bill) Merewether walking possibly in George Street, Sydney, ca 1940-ca 1945] / photography by Leicagraph Co.

ITEM 06: [Photographic portrait of a man, possibly a member of the Kopsen family, ca 1870-ca 1880]

ITEM 07: [Photographic portrait of a young lady, ca 1890-1910] / photographer L.W. Appleby

ITEM 08: [Photographic portrait of possibly Frederick William (Bill) Gore Merewether, ca 1930-ca 1940]

ITEM 09: [Photographic portrait of two young girls, ca 1900-ca 1920] / photographed by Sidney Riley Studios

ITEM 10: [Portrait miniature of unidentified woman, watercolour on ivory, ca 1810-ca 1820]

ITEM 11: [Portrait of a woman and 2 girls, ambrotype, ca 1850-ca 1870]

ITEM 12: Photographic album of family portraits, including the Blaxland and Hays families, carte-de-visite albumen prints, ca 1876

ITEM 13: Portraits of Richard Blaxland Hays and Louise Blaxland Hays, carte-de-visite albumen prints, ca 1876

ITEM 14: The romance of nature, or, The flower-seasons illustrated / by Louisa Anne Twamley