[Andrew Hume's expedition of 1874 - photographic portraits]
[Andrew Hume's expedition of 1874 - photographic portraits]
About this item
Full title
Date
1874-1875
Call Numbers
PXB 427
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
Photographs - 16.5 x 11 cm. - 3 cabinet photographs
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
1. [Andrew Hume - perished 8th Novr. 1874 aged abt. [i.e. about] 44 yrs] / G.A. Cockerton Photographer 324 George St., Sydney
2. [Lewis Thompson - Sole survivor (late 7th Hussars)] / Newman & Co. 392 George Street
3. [Timothy O'Hea V.C. - perished 7th Nov. 1874 (late Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion)]
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Andrew Hume's expedition of 1874 - photographic portraits]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
The photographs have been labelled "Hume's Expedition 1874" in black ink and identified below image in the same hand (possibly a former Mitchell Library Officer).
No.3 has been hand-coloured.
The research of Elizabeth Reid of Hope, B.C., a retired journalist, revealed that it was an imposter (his younger brother, John Heas, the usual family s...
Signature / Inscriptions
Photographers' stamp on reverse of Nos. 1 and 2.
Handwritten on reverse of No.3 "Newman & Co / 392 George Street / Sydney"
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by the Department of Lands, May 1957.
Administrative / Biographical history
Irish-born Private Timothy O'Hea, of the 1st Batallion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Concert's Own), was awarded the British Victoria Cross War Medal No. 324 on 9 June 1866 for extinguishing a fire that threatened to ignite a munitions car at a train station in Danville, Quebec, Canada. -- Victoria Cross Reference, Online Feb. 2004.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXB 427
Record Identifier
1LjRpeg9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1LjRpeg9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
433060
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