The Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts
The Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts is one of the State Library of Tasmania's heritage collections. It contains a collection of 18th and 19th century furniture, colonial paintings, silver and objets d'art, fine china and rare and antique books. The collection is housed on the ground floor of the State Library of Tasmania in a permanent display of Georgian-style rooms. The collection includes colonial paintings and prints, Georgian silver and glass and fine English, French and Chinese porcelain. There are displays of mahogany and walnut furniture dating from 1680, including excellent examples of Chippendale, Sheraton and Hepplewhite. The Library features fine and rare books, manuscripts and photographs dating from the 1800s. The Allport family originally settled in Tasmania in 1831 and played a significant role in Tasmania’s artistic, cultural and social development.
- www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/aboutus/findus/allport
- Ground floor, 91 Murray Street
- Hobart
- Tasmania
- 7000
- Australia
- +61 3 6233 7484
| ID Local | Title | Description Brief | Updated |
| ALMFA004 | The Mary Allport Art Collection | Mary Allport (1806-1895) was one of Australia's earliest woman artists and her collection of around 200 watercolours, drawings and etchings are unique early examples of colonial painting. She was the first colonial woman lithographer, etcher and engraver, and this collection is mainly a result of the 1965 bequest by her great-grandson. Coverage: Sandy Bay, Tasmainia Australia; New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia; England, UK; Mount Nelson, Tasmania, Australia; 1829 - 1895 | 30 May 2012 |
| ALMFA002 | The Morton Allport Art Collection | Morton Allport (1830-1878) was one of Tasmania's earliest artists and his collection of around 50 watercolours, drawings and oils are early examples of Australian colonial painting as wel as being representative of the styles of art adopted by the well-to-do in Europe in the mid-nineteenth century. Coverage: England; Wales; Huon, Tasmania; Grindelwald; France; Switzerland; Lichfield; Fisherhorn; 1850 - 1878 | 30 May 2012 |
| ALMFA001 | The Morton Allport Photographic Collection | Morton Allport (1830-1878) was one of Tasmania's earliest photographers and his collection of around 180 photographs date from between 1855 and 1870. He was a member of the Amateur Photographic Association of Great Britain and was awarded several of its prizes. Most photographs are studies of his family and local scenery and are divided between stereo views and albumen prints. Coverage: New Town ChurchYard,Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; Port Esperance, Tasmania Australia; Impression Bay, Tasmania, Australia; Cawnpore, India; Huon Road, Lake St. Clair, Tasmania, Australia; Lucknow, India; Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia; 1858 - 1878 | 30 May 2012 |
| ALMFA003 | The Morton Allport Zoological & Natural History Collection | Acollection of books, letters, sketches and specimens relating Morton Allport's (1830-1878) interests in the flora and fauna of Australia 1860-1878. Coverage: Tasmania, Australia; London, UK; 1860 - 1878 | 30 May 2012 |