Opalotypes of Sarah Druce and children Muriel and Eunice Newman, 1880-1899 / photographed by J. Hube...
Opalotypes of Sarah Druce and children Muriel and Eunice Newman, 1880-1899 / photographed by J. Hubert Newman and hand-painted by Obediah Ebenezer Newman
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Date
1880-1899
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Pictures and Photographs
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Item 01: [Opalotype of Sarah Druce, 1880-1899] / photographed by J. Hubert Newman and hand-painted by Obediah Ebenezer Newman.
Item 02: [Opalotype of Muriel Ivy and Eunice Amelia Newman, 1880-1899 / photographed by J. Hubert Newman and hand-painted by Obediah Ebenezer Newman].
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Opalotypes of Sarah Druce and children Muriel and Eunice Newman, 1880-1899 / photographed by J. Hubert Newman and hand-painted by Obediah Ebenezer Newman
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Object History
The works were given to Dennis and Jeanette Druce by Elaine Middenway who was the only grandchild of Sarah Newman, and the daughter of Muriel Newman (the subjects of the photographs).
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Dennis and Jeanette Druce, February 2018.
Administrative / Biographical history
Photographer J. Hubert Newman (1830-1916), known for his portrait photography, exhibited extensively and won awards within Australia as well as overseas. He operated his photographic gallery in New South Head Road (Oxford Street), advertising ‘all the latest styles of portraiture’, including opalotypes, described as 'very delicate pictures on opal...
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9ALZqLBY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9ALZqLBY
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9594120
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