Sketches by Sir Russell Drysdale [manuscript]. 1978.

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Sketches by Sir Russell Drysdale [manuscript]. 1978.

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Sir Russell Drysdale drew a sketch of himself as an Australian private schoolboy; his wife Maisie as a private schoolgirl; and another sketch of the two of them together. The sketches are drawn inside a copy of "The public school phenomenon" by Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1977.

5 cm (3 sketches in 1 vol)

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Drysdale, Maisie, Lady, 1915-2001

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Maisie (then Newbold) studied art at the George Bell School, Melbourne in the mid 1930s. Fellow students included Peter Purves-Smith and Russell Drysdale. Maisie married Purves-Smith in 1946. Prior to his participation in WWII he had begun to develop a name for himself as a talented and innovative artist. Purves-Smith died in 1949 and after his death, Maisie undertook librarianship studies in Melbourne. After completing her studies, she held several positions in the public library systems of tha...

Drysdale, Russell, 1912-1981

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Australian painter. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1967. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225821241 Artist. Drysdale's works are included in Australian and overseas galleries, including the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, the Tate Gallery, London and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. See "Encyclopedia of Australian Art", vol. 1, p. 297-9. From the description of Letters [manuscript]. 1945-1979. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat re...

Gathorne-Hardy, Jonathan

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Epithet: Lieutenant writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x000275 Author. From the description of Papers, 1956-1982. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 36585663 ...