Portrait of Arthur Wadsworth, librarian, 1911 [picture] / Sarony
- Bib ID:
- 1636630
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 1911
- 1 photograph : sepia toned ; oval image 13 x 8.7 cm. on mount 21.6 x 16.5 cm.
- Biography/History:
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In 1901 the two houses of Parliament selected a Library Committee to be responsible for the establishment of a Commonwealth Parliamentary Library. Arthur Wadsworth, Head Librarian of the Victorian Parliamentary Library, was appointed as interim Commonwealth Parliamentary Librarian until such time as the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library, and the Parliament that it served, found a permanent home. Wadsworth held this position until 1927when the Library relocated to Canberra.
- Notes:
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- Title from inscription below image.
- Inscription: "Arthur Wadsworth, librarian, 1911" --Signed in ink lower left. "Sarony, 114 Eliz. St. Melb., Perry & Dougall" --Printed lower right. "A. Wadsworth, librarian, Commonwealth Parliament" --In pencil on reverse.
- Condition: Good.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136728492
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Librarians
- Other authors/contributors:
- Sarony Studios (Melbourne, Vic.)
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1911
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