About this Book

A collection of correspondence, research papers, typescripts, lectures and associated material relating to the donor's original fine arts research. This collection includes information on Australian and Queensland artists, Isaac Walter Jenner (1836-1902), Julian Rossi Ashton (1851-1942), Vida Lahey (1882-1968), J.A. (Joseph Augustus) Clarke (1840-1890), Oscar (Carl Magnus Oscar) Fristrom, (1856-1918), and William MacLeod. Much of the research material was used in preparation for the publication of "Fine art exhibitions in Brisbane, 1884-1916" by Julie K. Brown, and Margaret Maynard.