Stereoscopic views of Woolloomooloo from St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, [1859] / by William Hetzer
Stereoscopic views of Woolloomooloo from St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, [1859] / by William Hetzer
Stereoscopic views of Woolloomooloo from St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, [1859] / by William Hetzer
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
[1859]
Call Numbers
PXB 1727
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Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
2 photographs - mount 8.2 x 17.3 cm (stereograph format) - print on card mount
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
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Comprises two stereoscopic albumen print photographs on grey mounts of views taken from St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney looking over the Domain to the houses and rooftops of inner-city Woolloomooloo and East Sydney. The two views form a two-part panorama and are from Hetzer's 1858-1859 'Stereoscopic views of Sydney and Environs' series.
1. Woo...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Stereoscopic views of Woolloomooloo from St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, [1859] / by William Hetzer
Variant title
Stereoscopic views of Sydney and Environs
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Titles in manuscript on verso with printed photographer labels pasted to mount card. Photographer's label reads: Stereoscopic views of Sydney and Environs by W. Hetzer, photographic artist, 287 George Street, Sydney NSW.
Description source
Date devised by cataloguer based on 1859 newspaper article listing two views of Woolloomooloo.
Reference:
Advertising (1859, June 11). The Sydney Morning Herald, p. 12., http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13026068 (accessed 2 January 2019)
Object History
Acquired by vendor from Edward Michaleski, an Ohio photography and antique dealer, 2018.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Douglas Stewart Fine Books, December 2018
Administrative / Biographical history
William Hetzer arrived in Sydney from Germany in 1850 and opened a photographic studio the same year at 51 Hunter Street, advertising calotype (salt prints), portraits and views. Hetzer specialised in paper photography and captured the market for stereographic views and carte-de-visite portraits. In 1858 he produced an album of 36 stereoviews of Sy...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXB 1727
Record Identifier
1JkPJW5Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1JkPJW5Y
Other Identifiers
Reference code
9623531
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