Myles Dunphy collection of photographs, pictorial material, architectural drawings and realia, 1875-...
Myles Dunphy collection of photographs, pictorial material, architectural drawings and realia, 1875-1987
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Date
1875-1987
Call Numbers
PXA 1718 , PXA 1740 , PXD 1352 , PXE 1499 , PXX 104 , ARCH 24 , ON 525 , ON 526 , SLIDES 259 , R 2081 , R 2082 , LR 97
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Physical Description
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Approx. 1300 photographs - 81 x 29.5 cm and smaller
18 maps - 78.5 x 45 cm and smaller
11 negatives - 16.4 x 12 cm and smaller - glass
18 negatives - 21.5 x 16.3 cm and smaller - film
6 slides
23 sketch books - 25.5 x 37 cm and smaller - pencil, ink, water colour
Approx. 230 loose drawings - 38 x 261 cm and smaller - pencil ink, water colour
Approx. 300 architectural drawings - 69.5 102.5 cm and smaller
3 printing blocks - 18.3 x 10.3 cm
1 pencil box - 5.3 x 18.2 cm - tin
13 paintings - 26 x 36.3 cm and smaller - oil
11 prints - 52 x 34 cm and smaller - etching, aquatint
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Copying Conditions
Copyright restrictions may apply : Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright for the life of creator plus 70 years.
Copyright restrictions may apply : Paintings, sketches, architectural plans & published prints are out of copyright if creator died before 1955 ; paintings, sketches & architectural plans are in copyright if creator died after 1955. Prints published before 1955 are out of copyright
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
Physical Access Conditions
Access to this collection via appointment only. For access to this collection, enquire with staff in the reading room or enquire online using Ask a Librarian : Applies to ON 525, ON 526, SLIDES 259, R 2081, R 2082, LR 97
Access to this collection via appointment only. For access to this collection, enquire with staff in the reading room or enquire online using Ask a Librarian : Applies to: PXX 104/Folder 6 (Outsize folder)
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1. PHOTOGRAPHS
PXA 1718/Box 1
"Historic Photographs", probably by Bischoff, photographer in the Du Faur expedition to the Grose Valley in 1875. Include Katoomba Falls, Grose Valley, Knapsack Gully Viaduct, Fitzroy Falls, Three Sisters, Vale Lookout overlooking Grose River. Also includes views of Sydney.
Kanangra Falls, 1895.
Red Hands C...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Myles Dunphy collection of photographs, pictorial material, architectural drawings and realia, 1875-1987
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Update Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.5842 as part of the eRecords Project, 2012-2013
See related pictorial material Myles Dunphy : collection of lantern slides of views in New South Wales and overseas at SLIDES 44
PXD 1352/Boxes 1-5 transferred from PXD 1352/Boxes 2, 4-5, 24-25, November 2023
ARCH 24/Folders 1-14 transferred from PXD 1352/Folders 10-23, November 2023...
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Myles Dunphy in 1985
Pic.Acc.5842
Administrative / Biographical history
Myles Joseph Dunphy was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1891 and spent his childhood in Sydney and Kiama, NSW where he explored the South Coast countryside and developed his lifelong interest in bushwalking and nature conservation. He was a founding member of the Mountain Trails Club in 1914, the Sydney Bush Walkers in 1931, and was secretary of the...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 1718 , PXA 1740 , PXD 1352 , PXE 1499 , PXX 104 , ARCH 24 , ON 525 , ON 526 , SLIDES 259 , R 2081 , R 2082 , LR 97
Record Identifier
9AL4gmkY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9AL4gmkY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
909980
How to access this item
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