AN HISTORICAL RECORD
A black and white image of an elderly woman and man sitting at a table in a house. The woman has glasses, dark hair tied back, with a tea cup and saucer in one hand and patting a blonde cocker spaniel. The man has a dark cocker spaniel on his lap. He is in the middle of saying something to the dog the woman is patting.
Close up black and white portrait photograph of William Dobell's head and shoulders. He looks directly at the viewer, unsmiling but not looking unkind.
An older woman stands with her right hand on her hip and the other on a small table. She is dressed in a mustard skirt and cardigan and looks to her right, grey hair bundled on her head. A man in a bowtie and suit sits on a lounge comfortably smoking a pipe. Their lounge setting shows they are in a well to do house.
Newspaper article cut out. The heading says 'Heres the man himself.' Below that is an image of Joshua Smith sitting in the same position as he sits in William Dobell's portrait. His hands in front with one hand atop the other. Text below: A special picture taken by 'The Sunday Sun' yesterday of Mr. Joshua Smith himself, in the pose in which William Dobell painted him.
Black and white close shot of Joshua Smith. He is bent slightly and he has what looks to be a pen in one hand and a notepad in the other. He looks directly at the camera expressionless.
A black and white image of a man standing further back from the camera in overalls and a wide brim trilby tilted at an angle on his head. He stands with his hands behind his back with a small smile on his face.
Painted portrait of an elderly woman. She is sitting in wireframes glasses and a pursed face, wearing a wide brim cloche hat a brown jacket and an orange collared shirt. She has on long beads that she wears over her shirt. She is nursing her bag on her lap.
Black and white photograph of an empty courtroom shows rows of empty wooden seats.
Black and white image of a suited William Dobell walking down a city street next to a man and a woman. The man wears a white wig, a large white collar and a dark coat over his shoulders. The woman is carrying a thick book and folder of papers. She is very smart in a hat and skirt suit.
Looking very much like a movie star, in a black and white image with a white shirt rolled up at the sleeves, William Dobell looks over his right shoulder leaning on his left arm. He squints slightly with a rolled cigarette dangling from his mouth.
(please note this photo has been retouched to remove reflection as it's an image of a framed picture)
A beautiful candid black and white photograph. In a yard, a shirtless William Dobell in a tilted fedora, smiles at Joshua Smith who looking back at him smiles big with his mouth closed.
Sitting on a wooden chair and leaning over it slightly to the right. William Dobell smiles very slightly at the camera looking very smart in a suit and polkadot bowtie with his hair combed back.
The two men, sit in a boat on water. Both are completely at ease and look like they’re in the middle of a joke with each other.