Photographic portraits of the Pope children, Sydney, ca 1870 / photography by John Hubert Newman
Photographic portraits of the Pope children, Sydney, ca 1870 / photography by John Hubert Newman
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Date
ca 1870
Call Numbers
PXB 1734
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Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
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3 photographs (1 box) - 10.5 x 6 cm - albumen, carte de visite
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Out of copyright : Created before 1955
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Scope and Contents
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Three albumen, carte de visite print photographs by John Hurbert Newman. The portraits show two sons and a daughter of John Pope (1827-1912), whose names are inscribed on the photos’ verso sides. This identifies the sitters as Alfred John (1859-1928), Roland James (1864-1952), and Alice Maude Pope.
1. Alfred John Pope. A young boy about 11 y...
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Full title
Photographic portraits of the Pope children, Sydney, ca 1870 / photography by John Hubert Newman
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
The words ‘Newman’ and ‘Sydney’ are printed on the lower edge of each card, and his imprint, ‘J.H. NEWMAN / 12 South Head Road / Close to Hyde Park / SYDNEY’ is stamped on the verso of each card.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Douglas Stewart Fine Books, January 2018
Administrative / Biographical history
Roland Pope was born in Sydney, and went to school in Hobart; and he later studied medicine at Sydney University, Glasgow and then Edinburgh. In 1893 he set up an ophthalmic practice in Elizabeth Street, Sydney, and was head of ophthalmology at Sydney Hospital for a period of 17 years. Roland also features in the pages of Australian Cricketing His...
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PXB 1734
Record Identifier
1xqGeQQY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1xqGeQQY
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Reference code
9589350
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