Lynch Family Bellringers

Date: 1876

By: Clarke, William Henshaw, 1831-1910

Reference: PAColl-10438

Description: Black and white carte de visite head and shoulders studio portrait of Harry Lynch, taken by William Henshaw Clarke in 1876. Harry Lynch is wearing a shield-shaped pin in the centre of his cravat and a floral buttonhole in his jacket. Title supplied by Library Date of photograph taken from the information supplied by donor. Inscriptions: Mount verso - top centre - Harry Lynch Jims dad brother [sic] The Lynch Family Bellringers was an Australian troupe that performed in Wellington from 29 March to 3 April 1876. The Lynch Family Bellringers toured New Zealand eight times between 1873 and 1929. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) on mount. Physical Description: Photograph mounted on yellow cardboard with a red border. Provenance: Donated by Gwynn Gillard, Australia, 2015. Transfers: From Ephemera Collection - Eph-B-MUSIC-1870s, Eph-A-MUSIC-1906, Eph-B-MUSIC-1876-01, Eph-A-MUSIC-1906-03:Gwyn Gillard ephemera relating to the Lynch family Bellringers 1876 and the Corrick family of entertainers ca 1900.

Date: 1876

From: [Programmes and fliers relating to music concerts and musical performances in New Zealand. 1870-1879].

By: Reed and Brett (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1876-01

Description: An arrangement of text on a silk programme, titled "Third programme". The performance was to be attended by the Marquis of Normanby and his wife, and performers included Mr Charles Keeley (comedian) and Mr Alfred Statham (composer and pianiste). Seventeen items, including bell-ringing and comic songs, were followed by the "laughable farce" "The haunted chateau!", with the main parts being taken by Harry Lynch and Charles Keeley. The vertical borders named the places at which the family had performed: Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Fiji, Java, Queensland, New Zealand, Western Australia, California, "etc". Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, blue ink on cream silk fabric, 290 x 160 mm. Provenance: Donated by Gwynn Gillard, Belmont Victoria, in 2015. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance (a photograph of Harry Lynch) was transferred to the Photographic Archive..

Date: 1887

From: [Programmes and fliers relating to music concerts and musical performances in New Zealand. 1880-1889].

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1887-01

Description: Arrangement of text with narrow decorative border. Performers include: Mr E W Crome, Mr R W Oyston, Mr Percy Brown, Mr Harry Lynch, Robert, George and Will W Lynch, Mr J C Parlatto. See review of their performance, in Evening Post, 6 July 1887, page 2. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on flier.. Physical Description: Letterpress on sheet, 288 x 144 mm.