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Ruby, Norman, Pearl, Percy, Reg, Bill Dyson and Mary in Creswick garden

c. 1899
an unknown artist

gelatin silver photograph on paper (sheet: 16.4 cm x 21.6 cm, image: 15.7 cm x 20.7 cm)
Ruby, Norman, Pearl, Percy, Reg, Bill Dyson and Mary in Creswick garden

Ruby Lindsay (1885-1919), artist and illustrator, left home at 16 and went to Melbourne where she studied at the National Gallery School. She worked as an illustrator, contributing drawings for publications such as the Bulletin and the Adelaide satirical journal, the Gadfly. She married Will Dyson in 1909 and travelled to London with him and her brother Norman. In England, Ruby continued to work as an illustrator. Ruby caught influenza during the worldwide epidemic of the virus in 1919 and died at the age of 32.

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Purchased 2008

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Norman and Jack

Listen: Norman Lindsay

In their own words

Recorded 1965
2008.98
Currently not on display
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Artist and subject

Ruby Lindsay (age 14 in 1899)

Norman Lindsay (age 20 in 1899)

Pearl Lindsay

Percy Lindsay (age 29 in 1899)

Reg Lindsay

Will Dyson (age 19 in 1899)

Mary Lindsay

Subject professions

Performing arts

Public identity

Visual arts and crafts

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Norman and Jack
Melodrama...
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Percy, Ted Dyson and Bill Dyson
1. Norman and Jack, c. 1903. 2. Melodrama..., c. 1900. 3. Ted Dyson, Bill Dyson (with pipe) and Percy, c. 1899. 4. Percy, Ted Dyson and Bill Dyson, c. 1899. All an unknown artist.

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