Photographs, 1864-1886 / C.E. Rowling
Photographs, 1864-1886 / C.E. Rowling
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1864-1886
Call Numbers
PXA 354
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
4 volumes (photographs) - various sizes - sepia
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Collection
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : ONCY 27
Finding aids
Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Included are views in Mudgee and Sydney, portraits of people of Mudgee and of members of the medical profession (the latter possibly taken when Rowling was a student), of Parramatta's Colonial Hospital, and views in the United Kingdom.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Photographs, 1864-1886 / C.E. Rowling
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
The albums were dismantled in Mitchell Library in 1980 because of their deteriorated condition, covers and album pages retained at PXA 354.
Microfilm: negatives of volume 1 at FM4/7804
Keyword subjects:
Colonial Hospital (Parramatta, N.S.W.)
Signature / Inscriptions
The half plate photographs taken in hospitals are by Dr. Rowling. Others are by Henry King (Sudan troops), some by "J.P. [i.e. John Paine] (views round Sydney), some may be by N.S.W. Government Printers and the majority of the smaller cdv images are by American and Australasian Photo Co. (compared with SPF/Mudgee, NSW [BM]).
Attributions / Conjectures
The volumes were compiled by Rowling probably at the same time as the dates on the photos (between 1869-1886)
Description source
Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mr, Mark Beresford, 1980
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 354
Record Identifier
9AL4roRY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9AL4roRY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
861621
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