[Otto Finsch, ca. 1880's - photographic portrait]
[Otto Finsch, ca. 1880's - photographic portrait]
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1880's
Call Numbers
MIN 408
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
Photographs - 5.3 x 4.2 cm. - 1 hand-coloured tintype photograph
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Series
Access and use
Physical Access Conditions
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Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The man in this portrait wears a hat, suit with a bow-tie, and an overcoat.
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Otto Finsch, ca. 1880's - photographic portrait]
Notes
General note
Identified from a non-contemporaneous label placed on the back of image.
Dated from period when tintypes were most popular.
Signature / Inscriptions
On a label affixed to reverse in a later hand, "Dr. Otto Finsch / Bremen"
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
The German born Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch was an ethnologist and ornithologist who from 1864-1878 was director of the Naturhistorisch Ethnologischen Museum in Bremen. -- Reference: Bright Sparcs, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre and Science Fair Projects Encyclopedia, Online 2004.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MIN 408
Record Identifier
9Bv7DL39
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Bv7DL39
Other Identifiers
Reference code
441981
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