Guide to the George Selth Coppin collection of photographs
PIC/P863
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2024
Collection Summary
- Title
- George Selth Coppin collection of photographs
- Date Range
- 1860 - 1960
- Collection Number
- PIC/P863
- Extent
- 110 items 107 photographs. 3 negatives ; 12.5 x 10 cm
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Pictures)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Portraits of Coppin in costume, and of other Australian and visiting actors, together with family portraits.
Patrons are advised that the description of this Finding Aid is incomplete and additional material will be added to it over time.
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Biographical / Historical
George Coppin was an actor, theatre manager and politician who arrived in Australia in 1843. He acquired ownership of New Queen's Theatre, Adelaide in 1846, Theatre Royal, Melbourne in 1856 and Haymarket, Melbourne in 1862.
Item Descriptions
Portrait of George Coppin [5], ca. 1901 (Item PIC/P863/10b) - Piece PIC Box PS 5218 #PIC/P863/10b
Written below image: To the Old Colonists Association from the founder G. S. Coppin.
Same image as PIC Drawer PM 13792 #PIC/P863/10a.
George Coppin's farewell performance [1], 5 September 1901 (Item PIC/P863/22b) - Piece PIC Box PS 5231 #PIC/P863/22b
Creator: Barroni & Co.
Same image as PIC Box PS 5230 #PIC/P863/22a.
[Portrait of May Chevalier], [n.d.] (Item PIC/P863/33) - Piece PIC Box PS 5242 #PIC/P863/33
Creator: Talma.
Note on image: To Mr & Mrs Hall, with every good wish from May Chevalier.
[Portrait of Nellie Stewart as Sweet Nell], ca. 1880s (Item PIC/P863/34) - Piece PIC Box PS 5243 #PIC/P863/34
Note on verso describes Nellie Stewart's link to George Coppin.
[Portrait of George Selth Coppin], 8 January 1957 (Item PIC/P863/35) - Piece PIC Box PS 5244 #PIC/P863/35
[Sketch of George Selth Coppin as Acting Purveyor General], September 1960 (Item PIC/P863/36) - Piece PIC Box PS 5245 #PIC/P863/36
Note on verso made by John McEwen F.R.V.H.S regarding incorrect title which appears under the image of Acting Surveyor General.
A memento of Pleasant Tour, Geelong [collage of portraits including George Selth Coppin, C. Hall, P. Warburton, Mrs W. Ryan, Launce Linton, Miss C. Deorwyn, Miss A. Deorwyn, Miss Coppin, Master F. Coppin, Master G. Coppin, W. H. Medcalf, J. H. Deorwyn, N. Allison and others], July 1882 (Item PIC/P863/37) - Piece PIC Box PS 5246 #PIC/P863/37
Creator: E. C. Waddington & Co.
[Portrait of] Miss Coombs [leaning on fireplace], ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P863/38) - Piece PIC Box PS 5247 #PIC/P863/38
Creator: H. Rocher, Chicago.
Emma Poynter, an actress, and sister of George Coppin, England, ca. 1860 (Item PIC/P863/39) - Piece PIC Box PS 5248 #PIC/P863/39
Mrs Maria Augusta Coppin (Mrs Watkins Burroughs), George Coppin's wife, ca. 1843 (Item PIC/P863/40) - Piece PIC Box PS 5249 #PIC/P863/40
Drawing from a newspaper article. Note regarding authenticity of image on verso.
[Portrait of American actress] Alice D. Lingard, ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/41) - Piece PIC Box PS 5250 #PIC/P863/41
Creator: Sarony, New York.
[Portrait of Henry Pettit], 1890 (Item PIC/P863/42) - Piece PIC Box PS 5251 #PIC/P863/42
Creator: Samuel A. Walker, London.
Note on verso: Wishing you a very merry xmas, and very happy new year, Henry Pettit.
Mr and Mrs Bland Holt sitting in their drawing room, Australia(?), ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P863/43) - Piece PIC Box PS 5252 #PIC/P863/43
Farewell card from Mr and Mrs Bland Holt, Australia, 3 December 1909 (Item PIC/P863/44) - Piece PIC Box PS 5253 #PIC/P863/44
Small booklet with portrait and farewell poem message.
Portrait of G. Gordon, a theatre artist, Australia(?), ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P863/45) - Piece PIC Box PS 5254 #PIC/P863/45
George Lauri with his wife and son, Melbourne, Victoria, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P863/46) - Piece PIC Box PS 5255 #PIC/P863/46
Creator: The Burlington Studios.
Note on image: To dear Mrs Holt with the best of wishes from the Lauri's.
Mrs Harriett Hilsden née Bray with her daughter Lucy in a study, Australia, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P863/47) - Piece PIC Box PS 5256 #PIC/P863/47
Creator: Johnstone & Co.
Coat of Arms and crest which was used as a book plate by the Honourable George Selth Coppin II, MLC, Australia, 12 October 1956 (Item PIC/P863/48a-b) - Piece PIC Box PS 5257-5258 #PIC/P863/48a-b
Separate envelope inscribed: Illustration No. 68a (Coppin the Great) Honourable George Coppin, M.L.C. Coat of Arms and Crest, from Alec Bagot, 104 Elizabeth Bay Road, Elizabeth Bay New South Wales.
Portrait of Constance Coppin, Melbourne, Victoria, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P863/49) - Piece PIC Box PS 5259 #PIC/P863/49
Creator: Bardwell.
Portrait of actress Marie B. Rignold wearing a suit and boater as Willie Spratley [in Youth], Melbourne, Victoria, December 1888 (Item PIC/P863/50) - Piece PIC Box PS 5260 #PIC/P863/50
Note on verso: Miss Gina Coppin with the love of Willie Spratley [….?] Marie B. Rignold, Melbourne December 1889.
Portrait of actor George Rignold, Sydney, New South Wales, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P863/51) - Piece PIC Box PS 5261 #PIC/P863/51
Creator: The Falk studios.
Actor George Rignold wearing a costume and holding up a document, Melbourne, Victoria, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P863/52) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13793 #PIC/P863/52
Note below image: By Original Tuttle, over Hunter's Boot Palace (only).
Portrait of actress Frances Ross, Melbourne, Victoria, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P863/53) - Piece PIC Box PS 5262 #PIC/P863/53
Creator: The Falk Studios.
Portrait of Mrs William Emerson, the manager of Emerson Opera House, San Fransico, ca. 1890 (Item PIC/P863/54) - Piece PIC Box PS 5263 #PIC/P863/54
Creator: Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco.
George Rignold, the husband of George Selth Coppin's daughter Gina, gardening at his house in Braybrook, Sydney, New South Wales, ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P863/55a-b) - Piece PIC Box PS 5264 #PIC/P863/55a-b
Stereograph.
Note on verso: Braybrook via the Spit to Sydney Gio Rignold's.
Cyril Maude as Lord Ogleby in The Clandestine Marriage at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, 17 March 1903 (Item PIC/P863/56) - Piece PIC Box PS 5265 #PIC/P863/56
Creator: Raphael Tuck & Co. Ltd.
Cyril Maude as Colonal Cazenove in The New Women at the Comedy Theatre, London, 1 September 1894 (Item PIC/P863/57) - Piece PIC Box PS 5266 #PIC/P863/57
Creator: London Stereoscopic Co.
Portrait of Mr Cyril Maude, Mayfair, England, 8 January 1907 (Item PIC/P863/58) - Piece PIC Box PS 5267 #PIC/P863/58
Creator: Dover Street Studios.
Miss Winifred Emery as Lydia Languish in The Rivals revived at the Royal Theatre, Haymarket, London, 27 March 1906 (Item PIC/P863/59) - Piece PIC Box PS 5268 #PIC/P863/59
Creator: Window & Grove.
Cyril Maude as Sir Peter and Winifred Emery as Lady Teazle in The School for Scandal at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, 19 June 1900 (Item PIC/P863/60) - Piece PIC Box PS 5269 #PIC/P863/60
Creator: Window & Grove.
Cyril Maude as Lord Meadows in Toddles at the Duke of York Theatre, London, 6 September 1906 (Item PIC/P863/61) - Piece PIC Box PS 5270 #PIC/P863/61
Creator: Dover Street Studios.
Cyril Maude as Dr Pangloss in The Heir-at-law at the Waldorf Theatre, London, 20 March 1906 (Item PIC/P863/62) - Piece PIC Box PS 5271 #PIC/P863/62
Creator: Alfred Ellis & Walery.
Cyril Maude as Nathaniel Barron in Shore Acres at the Waldorf Theatre, London, 21 May 1906 (Item PIC/P863/63) - Piece PIC Box PS 5272 #PIC/P863/63
Creator: Dover Street Studios.
Cyril Maude as Mr Watkin in Sowing the Wind at the Comedy Theatre, London, 30 September 1893 (Item PIC/P863/64) - Piece PIC Box PS 5273 #PIC/P863/64
Creator: Alfred Ellis & Walery.
Cyril Maude as Chevalier de Valclos in A Marriage of Convenience at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, 5 June 1897 (Item PIC/P863/65) - Piece PIC Box PS 5274 #PIC/P863/65
Creator: Alfred Ellis & Walery.
Cyril Maude as Captain Larolle in Under the Red Robe at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, 17 October 1896 (Item PIC/P863/66) - Piece PIC Box PS 5275 #PIC/P863/66
Creator: Alfred Ellis & Walery.
Cyril Maude as Gaffer Jarge in a play of the same name at the Comedy Theatre, Haymarket, London, 11 January 1896 (Item PIC/P863/67) - Piece PIC Box PS 5276 #PIC/P863/67
Creator: London Stereoscopic Co.
Cyril Maude as Reverend Gavin Dishart in The Little Minister at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, 6 November 1897 (Item PIC/P863/68) - Piece PIC Box PS 5277 #PIC/P863/68
Creator: Alfred Ellis & Walery.
Cyril Maude as Heath Desmond in Cousin Kate at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, 18 June 1903 (Item PIC/P863/69) - Piece PIC Box PS 5278 #PIC/P863/69
Creator: Bassano Limited.
Cyril Maude as Dr Cornellius Van Baerle in The Black Tulip in the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, 28 October 1899 (Item PIC/P863/70) - Piece PIC Box PS 5279 #PIC/P863/70
Creator: Window & Grove.
Cyril Maude as Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer at the TheatreRoyal, Haymarket, London, 9 January 1900 (Item PIC/P863/71) - Piece PIC Box PS 5280 #PIC/P863/71
Creator: Alfred Ellis & Walery.
Cyril Maude as Lord Bapchild in The Manoeuvres of Jane in the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, 20 October 1898 (Item PIC/P863/72) - Piece PIC Box PS 5281 #PIC/P863/72
Creator: Alfred Ellis & Walery.
Cyril Maude as Albert Edward Tutt in The Partik'ler Pet at the Theatre Royal, Brighton, England, 18 December 1905 (Item PIC/P863/73) - Piece PIC Box PS 5282 #PIC/P863/73
Creator: Dover Street Studios.
Cyril Maude as Major Kit Bingham in The Second Command at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, 27 November 1900 (Item PIC/P863/74) - Piece PIC Box PS 5283 #PIC/P863/74
Creator: Alfred Ellis & Walery.
Cyril Maude as Eccles in Caste at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, 26 April 1902 (Item PIC/P863/75) - Piece PIC Box PS 5284 #PIC/P863/75
Creator: Alfred Ellis & Walery.
Portraits of R.Lewis, an unidentified man, Burke(?), and Wills the explorers, England, ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/76) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13794 #PIC/P863/76
Photocopy.
Portraits of two unidentified women, an unidentified man, and Mrs Emma Poynter (née Emma Coppin sister of George Seth Coppin II), England, ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/77) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13795 #PIC/P863/77
Photocopy.
Portraits of Mrs Sturt née Harriet Hilsden (Mrs Lucy Coppin's sister), Mr Stuart (Mrs Harriett Hilsden's husband), Harriet Hilsden nursing Eva her sickly daughter, and an unidentified woman, England, ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/78) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13796 #PIC/P863/78
Photocopy.
Portraits of George Selth Coppin III (son of George Coppin), Mrs George Coppin (Lucy) née Hilsden, Coppin girls Georgina (Gina) Harriett, Connie (Constance Ada Lucy), Blanche Brooke and Amy Maude, and Amy, Connie and Blanche Coppin, England, ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/79) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13797 #PIC/P863/79
Photocopy.
Dates and places of birth noted on verso.
Portraits of Reverend Selth Coppin, Mrs Selth Coppin (Anna), and two portraits of Mrs George Selth Coppin I née Elizabeth Jackson, one with her son Alfred (Hal) Jackson, England, ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/80) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13798 #PIC/P863/80
Photocopy.
Birth and death dates plus places of birth and death noted on verso.
Portraits of George Coppin (age about 42), Mrs George Coppin née Lucy Hilsden (age about 20), Blanche Brooke, and Amy Maude Coppin, England, ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/81) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 13799 #PIC/P863/81
Photocopy.
Dates and family relationship details noted on verso
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Unidentified man, England [1], ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/82) - Piece PIC Box PS 5285 #PIC/P863/82
Same image in portrait collage PIC Drawer PM 13794 #PIC/P863/76.
Mrs Sturt née Harriet Hilsden with her daughter Eva, England, ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/83) - Piece PIC Box PS 5286 #PIC/P863/83
Same image in portrait collage PIC Drawer PM 13796 #PIC/P863/78.
Unidentified woman, England [1], ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/84) - Piece PIC Box PS 5287 #PIC/P863/84
Same image in portrait collage PIC Drawer PM 13796 #PIC/P863/78.
Mrs Sturt née Harriet Hilsden, England, ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/85) - Piece PIC Box PS 5288 #PIC/P863/85
Same image in portrait collage PIC Drawer PM 13796 #PIC/P863/78.
Mr Sturt, Harriet Hilsden's husband, England, ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/86) - Piece PIC Box PS 5289 #PIC/P863/86
Same image in portrait collage PIC Drawer PM 13796 #PIC/P863/78.
Mrs Poynter née Emma Coppin sister of George Selth Coppin II, ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/87) - Piece PIC Box PS 5290 #PIC/P863/87
Same image in portrait collage PIC Drawer PM 13795 #PIC/P863/77.
Unidentified woman, England [2], ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/88) - Piece PIC Box PS 5291 #PIC/P863/88
Same image in portrait collage PIC Drawer PM 13795 #PIC/P863/77.
Unidentified woman, England [3], ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/89) - Piece PIC Box PS 5292 #PIC/P863/89
Same image in portrait collage PIC Drawer PM 13795 #PIC/P863/77.
Unidentified man, England [2], ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/90) - Piece PIC Box PS 5293 #PIC/P863/90
Same image in portrait collage PIC Drawer PM 13795 #PIC/P863/77.
Amy, Connie and Blanche Coppin, England, ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/91) - Piece PIC Box PS 5294 #PIC/P863/91
Same image in portrait collage PIC Drawer PM 13797 #PIC/P863/79.
Coppin girls Georgina (Gina) Harriett, Connie (Constance Ada Lucy), Blanche Brooke and Amy Maude, England, ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/92) - Piece PIC Box PS 5295 #PIC/P863/92
Same image in portrait collage PIC Drawer PM 13797 #PIC/P863/79.
George Selth Coppin III, England, ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/93) - Piece PIC Box PS 5296 #PIC/P863/93
Same image in portrait collage PIC Drawer PM 13797 #PIC/P863/79.
Mrs George Coppin (Lucy) née Hilsden, England, ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/94) - Piece PIC Box PS 5297 #PIC/P863/94
Same image in portrait collage PIC Drawer PM 13797 #PIC/P863/79.
Robert O'Hara Burke(?), England, ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/95) - Piece PIC Box PS 5298 #PIC/P863/95
Same image in portrait collage PIC Drawer PM 13794 #PIC/P863/76.
William John Wills, England, ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/96) - Piece PIC Box PS 5299 #PIC/P863/96
Same image in portrait collage PIC Drawer PM 13794 #PIC/P863/76.
R. Lewis, England, ca. 1880 (Item PIC/P863/97) - Piece PIC Box PS 5300 #PIC/P863/97
Same image in portrait collage PIC Drawer PM 13794 #PIC/P863/76
Mrs Florence Bland and Hilda Spong with Mr Holt, England(?), ca. 1900 (Item PIC/P863/98) - Piece PIC Box PS 5301 #PIC/P863/98
Draft playbill: example of George Coppin's skill as a draftsman, ca. 1860 (Item PIC/P863/99) - Piece PIC Box PS 5302 #PIC/P863/99
Note on verso: Coppin bought a press in England and on board the steamship Argo, he drew up this playbill and printed it on silk. Sir William à Beckett, Justice and a patron of the theatre composed the prologue.
Playbill of Coppin's personal appearances at Theatre Royal in Haymarket, London, 26 June 1865 (Item PIC/P863/100) - Piece PIC Box PS 5303 #PIC/P863/100
Note on verso: Proceeds given to benefit the Crimea war relief fund.
Mr Coppin: The Australasian Comedian, opinions of the press upon his appearance in London, England, 1854 (Item PIC/P863/101) - Piece PIC Box PS 5304 #PIC/P863/101
Note on verso: Reprint of press reports of Coppin's appearance at Haymarket Theatre.
Mr Coppin: The Australasian Comedian, opinions of the press, 1854 (Item PIC/P863/102) - Piece PIC Box PS 5305 #PIC/P863/102
Reprint of article heading as per PIC Box PS 5304 #PIC/P863/101. Additional note on verso.
Florence Bland Holt, an actress, Australia(?) [1], ca. 1860 (Item PIC/P863/103) - Binder PIC Cold Store Row A2/4/2 Folder 1 #P863/103
Maggie Moore, an actress, Australia(?), ca. 1860 (Item PIC/P863/104) - Binder PIC Cold Store Row A2/4/2 Folder 1 #P863/104
Florence Bland Holt, an actress, Australia(?) [2], ca. 1860 (Item PIC/P863/105) - Binder PIC Cold Store Row A2/4/2 Folder 1 #P863/105
Theatre Royal, Melbourne [1], 1872 (Item PIC/P863/106) - Piece PIC Box PS 5306 #PIC/P863/106
Creator: Davies & Co.
Note on verso: History of Theatre Royal Melbourne. Same image as PIC Box PS 5307 #PIC/P863/107.
Theatre Royal, Melbourne [1], 1872 (Item PIC/P863/107) - Piece PIC Box PS 5307 #PIC/P863/107
Creator: Davies & Co.
Note on verso: History of Theatre Royal Melbourne. Same image as PIC Box PS 5306 #PIC/P863/106.