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Emily Macarthur (1806-1880)
Portrait of Elizabeth Macarthur as a Child, with her Dog c.1845
pencil and watercolour drawing; 15 x 13.5 cm
Reproduced from the album of Emily Macarthur
Pictorial Collection (RI1334)

Emily Macarthur (1806-1880) was the wife of James Macarthur (1798-1867) of Camden Park, New South Wales. This image of their daughter Elizabeth and her dog is drawn from Emily's private album, containing 58 pages of mounted watercolours, drawings, photographs, letters and prints. Some are attributed to Conrad Martens, who taught Elizabeth; some are by family members, friends and acquaintances. Elizabeth (1840-1911) was the Macarthur's only child.

 

October 2000 Volume XI Number 1

THE ENDLESS PLAYGROUND: CELEBRATING AUSTRALIAN CHILDHOOD

Paul Cliff introduces the Library's latest publication Paragraph

GOLD! GOLD! GOLD! THE LANGUAGE OF THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY AUSTRALIAN GOLD RUSHES

Bruce Moore reveals the fascinating legacy the language of the goldfields has lent to Australian English

ASSASSINS AT A STROKE: CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN CARTOONISTS

Ann Turner describes how leading Australian cartoonists were selected and interviewed for the Oral History Collection

REDISCOVERING THE I870s: A PERSONAL SEARCH FOR AN ALMOST FORGOTTEN DECADE

While researching the 1870s Jennifer M.T. Carter felt compelled to investigate the lives and histories of the hitherto unknown characters she discovered through diaries and letters

THE INFORMATION PROFESSION IN THE TWENTY- FIRST CENTURY

John Levett reminds us that the forthcoming ALIA Biennial Conference promises lively debate on technical and electronic questions, as well as old issues in new guises, such as copyright and censorship

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