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Ben Hall, 1863 / [carte de visite copy photograph] Freeman Brothers, Sydney

Ben Hall, 1863 / [carte de visite copy photograph] Freeman Brothers, Sydney

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/16AJNbQn

Ben Hall, 1863 / [carte de visite copy photograph] Freeman Brothers, Sydney

About this item

Full title

Ben Hall, 1863 / [carte de visite copy photograph] Freeman Brothers, Sydney

Author / Creator

Date

1863

Call Numbers

P1/693

Record Identifier

16AJNbQn

Reference Code

442170
Physical Description

Contents

1 photograph - image 4.6 x 3.8 cm., on card 10 x 6.3 cm. - carte de visite

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Out of copyright : Created before 1955

Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Issue Copy

Digitised

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

Head and shoulders portrait

Alternative Titles

Full title

Ben Hall, 1863 / [carte de visite copy photograph] Freeman Brothers, Sydney

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Transferred from P1/H (BM)

Digital order no:a128701

Signature / Inscriptions

"Description of Ben Hall / About 28 years of age, 5 feet 9 / inches high, stout build (would / weigh about 13 stone 7 lbs) figure / erect, respectable appearance / light brown wavy hair, short / light beard thick but darker near / his throat and jaws, pleasing / expression of countenance, soft / grey eyes, handsome nose / inclined to be hooked and...

Contextual Information

Source

Purchased from Berkelouw, Catalogue Vol.4 No.3, item 1900, 1963.
Pic.Acc.75

Administrative / Biographical history

Bushranger, Benjamin Hall (1837-1865), was ambushed and shot by the police, near Forbes on 5 May 1865.

Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.4, 1851-1890. Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1972.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

P1/693

Record Identifier

16AJNbQn

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/16AJNbQn

Other Identifiers

Reference code

442170

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