[SYDNEY] Bon Voyage to B. E. Minns. Saturday 23 February, 6.30 p.m.

[MINNS, B. E. (Benjamin Edwin), 1863-1937]

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[Sydney : s.n.], 1895. Invitation card, 100 x 160 mm; lithograph printed recto only in sanguine ink on cream card; loss along the bottom edge, verso with residual glue from where the card was once mounted in an album. Provenance: Removed from a dilapidated album of mounted printed ephemera compiled byJ. G. O'Connor (1839-1913), Irish-born Sydney journalist, printer, and politician. From the Sydney Morning Herald, 25 February 1895: 'FAREWELL To MR. B. E. MINNS.Mr B E Minns tho well-known artist, beingabout to leave Sydney on a visit to England,upwards of a hundred fellow-artists on Saturdaynight assembled at Paris House to bid him bonvoyag. Mr Hopkins occupied the chair, and hadon his right the guest of the evening, and among theother gentlemen present were Messrs Bloxsome, JAshton, N Hardy, Fullwood P Spence, Mahoney,Grifliths, Loudon, Fischer, Soutar, Fuller, Streeter,Holdsworth, Archibald, M'Leod, Daplyn, Tindall,Liter, S Long and Vann. A capital repastwas done full justice to, many of those presentpartaking of the dinner with coats off, and with aslittle conventionality as possible.The Chairman, on rising to propose bon voyage toMr Minns, the guest of the evening, said there wasa time for work, a time for play, for laughter, andfor sorrow. There was a time to tell the truth abouta man, and a time to praise him. That was an occasion on which they could do all those things.(Cheers) They could praise Mr Minns for hisartistic merit and personal value without departingfrom the truth the whole truth, and nothing but thetruth, and the fact that so many gentIemen had thatevening assembled to do him honour wasevidence of the esteem in which MrMinns was held by his brother artists. Hisdeparture would leave an aching void. The excellence of the artistic work Mr Minns had done in thecolony rendered them satisfied that he would socarry on his work in the larger field as to reflectcredit on himself as an Australian and do honour tothose who had been associated with him throughouthis career In the new sphere to which he wasgoing their guest would find both the atmosphereand conditions favourable to the full development ofhis powers. He would find numerous friends to helphim, and would have a full opportunity of makingthe people in the great centres of art as familiar withthe name of Mr B E Minus as it was in Sydneyamong those who took an interest in art. Mr Minnsmight not be a prophet but he was an artist,and as such was certainly not withouthonour in his own country. He gave themthe health of their guest, and expressedthe wish that his voyage might be a pleasant one,and that he would meet with a reception in the OldWorld which his high qualities as an artist and aman merits (Cheers ).Mr JULIAN ASHTON supported the sentiment.He said they must all feel regret that an artist suchas Mr Minns should be compelled to leave acountry such as this - young rich, and prosperous - because the love of art had notsufficient hold on the people.Mr W M'LEOD also supported the toast He saidMr Minns's talent fully entitled him to the promotionhe was about to receive.Messrs J E Taplin, P J Holdsworth, Lister,and Mahoney also wished the guest bon voyageMr Minns, who was greeted with loud cheering,thanked those present very much for the manner inwhich the toast had been received, and the greathonour they had conferred on him in makinghim their guest that evening. Many of them wereamongst his oldest friends and he felt the separationvery much. He supposed that all must have achange some time or other but he would never forget that occasion or the kindness that his brotherartists had always extended towards him (Cheers).The rest of the toasts were of an informal character, and the remainder of the evening was devotedto conviviality of a pleasant character some excellent music being contributed by gentlemen present.' From the ADB: 'Joseph Graham O'Connor (1839-1913), journalist and politician, was born at Dareen House, King's County, Ireland, son of Stephen O'Con. N° de réf. du vendeur 50198

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