1. Frederic Schell and his wife, Botanic Gardens, Sydney.
2. Artists in Picturesque Atlas offices, Wynyard Square, 1886. The one dressed as a constable MAY be Schell himself. The others: sitting might be William Fitler. Who is standing?
3a. Who is Schell talking to in this Melbourne park? This is the basis of a PAA photoengraving:
3b. This is the full-page photoengraving in PAA that Schell made based on the photo. In PA, opp. p. 237, vol. I.
4. PA artist at desk with engraving block. Is this Julian Ashton?[Werskey believes this is Horace Baker, the American senior engraver for the PAA]
5. One of several joking photos made in the offices of the PA. In the middle is Schell, and below is probably William Fitler. The shot may have been made by A.K. Syer, the Sydney photographer who did some of the other informal photos here.
6. Possibly William Smedley in the PAA offices.
[Werskey: "definitely George Collingridge"] [Wilson: "The identification of George Collingridge came from the attached article I found in the Lone Hand...]
---see The Lone Hand, vol. 7, no. 10, 1 September 1917
7. As far as I know, this is one of the only known photographs showing the exterior of the PA offices on Wynyard Square. Probably taken by A.K. Syer, 1886?
8. Natalie Wilson has identified this woman as the artist Constance Roth. Great Aesthetic Movement door, eh? Wilson bases this identification on her own searching, and also from the work of Aesthetic Movement expert Andrew Montana, in his article "Constance Roth and Ellis Rowan: Lady Artists and Matters of Influence," Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 208-214.
9. I have no idea who this artist is, but given the many paintings around him, we should be able to identify him somehow! [Wilson: "Arthur Collingridge (having compared other photographs and illustrations of the artist)"]
10. I love the poses with all the artists' materials around them. Who could this be?
11. Could this be Phil May?
[Werskey: "...definitely Phil May"]
12. Apparently taken outside of PAA headquarters. No idea who this is.
13. One of the more languid moustachioed gents.
[Werskey: "...almost certainly Frank Mahony"]
14. I love this one. Which of the PAA artists would have been so into Japanese garb? [Wilson: "William Macleod (Macleod loved all things Japanese....")]
15. Thanks to my Australian colleagues, we have been able to identify this person as Albert Fullwood.
16. Probably by A.K. Syer. Could it be Frank Mahony?
17. Another by Syer, I think. Julian Ashton?
[Werskey: "Julian Ashton"]
18. I LOVE this one--with a mannequin in the background!
19. Again, with such a prominent artwork, we should be able to identify him!
20. Another like The Kangaroos--this time Schell is at the top. Also by Syer?
21. Now come my favorites: a series of "informal" fun shots taken by A.K. Syer, apparently all on one day in the PA offices, Wynyard Square. I think Julian Ashton is at the right.
22. So far my best guesses: from left, Fitler, Ashton, May, Smedley, Schell, "Hop" (Livingston Hopkins). Does that look about right?
23. This Syer is in the AGNSW collection (Accession no. 205.198). There the figures are identified as Schell (?), Fitler, "Hop", May, Ashton, and Smedley.
24. Syer's 6 figures facing right: "Hop", Schell, Smedley, May, Fitler, Ashton?
25. Schell in Melbourne
26. PAA artist and his family on their porch.
27. PAA artist and his wife--it isn't Schell. I like this for the woman's dress--just think what those clothes were like in hot Sydney summers! [Wilson: "I also wonder if the last photograph might not be of Constance (Roth), standing next to the seated man who could be Signor Steffani who painted with all the Sydney artists and exhibited with the ASNSW"]