Commonplace book of quotations, dedications, illustrations, poetry and photographs, ca.1899-1926 / attributed to George Henry Walton Smith

PXB 1730

fonds

ca. 1899-1926

Graphic Materials, Drawings, Clippings, Photographs, Textual Records

9614630

9 photographs - gelatin silver
23 drawings - pen and ink, watercolour, pastel (visual work), pencil

George Henry Walton Smith (1869-1954) was a general practitioner in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney and a trustee of the Paddington Methodist Church. During the Boer War, Smith was acting Principal Medical Officer at the Garrison Hospital, Sydney.
Reference:
Obituary, The Methodist, 10 July 1954


Florence May Walton Smith (1880-1935) was the youngest daughter of George and Catherine Walton Smith, of Paddington, New South Wales. She was an enthusiastic art student, and exhibited for some years at the Royal Art Society, Society of Artists, and Woman Painters' Exhibitions. She was a sister of Dr. G. H. Walton Smith, Mr. P. Walton Smith, Dr. P. E. Walton Smith, and Mesdames Adin Parsons and F. Dobell.
Reference:
Obituary, Sydney Morning Herald, 12 January 1935.

A bound volume of autographs, dedications, handwritten notes, poems, photographs and artistic works, ca. 1899-1926. Includes works in pencil, pen and ink and watercolour by W. J. Hodge, Laura Booth, Florence Walton Smith and Mabel Forsythe. Also contains an autographed dedication from Millicent Bryant, the first Australian woman to be awarded a pilot's licence. Some pages are loose.

Copyright status:: This collection has multiple copyright holders
Copyright restrictions may apply: Artistic works in this collection where the creator died before 1955 are all out of copyright. Artistic works where the creator died after 1955 are in copyright for the life of the creator plus 70 years.
Out of copyright: Created before 1955 - applies to photographs
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Inscription on inside cover reads: F. M. Walton Smith [Florence May Walton Smith] "Pendower" Oxford St, Paddington, 1906, from P. G. WS. Address has been crossed out and replaced by: Mylora, 30 Bondi Rd, Waverley.

Attributed to George Henry Walton Smith by vendor, however ownership inscription and dedications point towards Florence May Walton Smith being the original owner / creator.