Henry William Burgin studio portraits of Parramatta residents, ca. 1860-1872, with photograph of san...
Henry William Burgin studio portraits of Parramatta residents, ca. 1860-1872, with photograph of san...
Henry William Burgin studio portraits of Parramatta residents, ca. 1860-1872, with photograph of sand train at Barren Jack, Murrimbidgee, early 20th century, and copy photograph of Central Railway Station, Sydney, 19th century
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1860-1872, 19th century, and early 20th century
Call Numbers
PXA 1036
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
121 photographic prints - 10 x 6.4 cm. - carte de visite
2 photographic prints - gelatin silver
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
Arranged by alphabetical order where known.
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Partly Digitised : 119 photographs digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
1. Bill Abbott
2. Joshua Ardell [ie Ardill, stonemason & grocer, wearing Mason's apron]
3. Ardell [female] / J. Hubert Newman, 12 Oxford Street, Sydney
4. Artlett [Two men standing beside chair, Bowles or Artlett] / H.W. Burgin, Parramatta
5. Billey Ashby
6-7. Agnes Baly (Mrs Sydney Byron) / H.W. Burgin
8. J.J. Beauchers [ie Mr &...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Henry William Burgin studio portraits of Parramatta residents, ca. 1860-1872, with photograph of sand train at Barren Jack, Murrimbidgee, early 20th century, and copy photograph of Central Railway Station, Sydney, 19th century
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
This collection features studio portraits, mainly by Burgin, of people standing beside furniture or seated. The images that do not bear a photographer's stamp originate from Burgin's studio as demonstrated by the backdrops and studio furniture used.
Reference:
Curator of Photographs, Mitchell Library, Sept. 2004
A collection of glass plate negatives from the Parramatta studio of Burgin, are located at Mitchell Library call no. ON 58. Some of these negatives correspond with the portraits in this collection. These include: PXA 1036/86 with ON58/34 ; PXA 1036/87 with ON58/33 ; PXA 1036/115 with ON58/42.
Numbers 121-123 transferred from PXA 2144/Box 5/n...
Signature / Inscriptions
Some bear photographer's stamp on reverse. Different examples of Burgin's (father & son) photographer's stamp are represented in this collection.
Many are identified on reverse by a pencil handwritten inscription.
Attributions / Conjectures
No. 40 previously had James identified as Jason
Conservation note
No. 61 is cracked through the centre.
Description source
Nos. 6-7. Agnes Baly is identified from two carte de visite photographs donated by Mrs H. Connor in Sept. 1953 (formerly located at P1/Baly). An inscription on the reverese of No.6 relates that Agnes Baly was the daughter of Marie Antoinette Rattray (nee Allan).
No. 11. Biographical information on John Richard Booth, supplied by Beatrice Bo...
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by P. Geeves, June 1963
Pic.Acc.63
Exhibited in
- Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection
State Library of New South Wales. Applies to: Nos. 1-2,8,13-14,17,23,27-29,32-33,38-40,42,46,50,52-53,55,59,110,113
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 1036
Record Identifier
16AJNOon
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/16AJNOon
Other Identifiers
Reference code
441569
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