[Sydney Harbour from North Shore], 1876 / photographed by Francis W. Robinson
[Sydney Harbour from North Shore], 1876 / photographed by Francis W. Robinson
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Author / Creator
Date
1876
Call Numbers
XV/70
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Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
Photographs - each 39 x 47 cm. or smaller, on card mount 47 x 230 cm. - 4th & 5th panels (far right) extensively torn and damaged - Panorama comprising 5 albumen photoprints
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Contents
Shows Blues Point Road, St. Leonards Public School, St. Leonards Drapery Warehouse, Christ Church Anglican Church, St. Francis Xavier's Presbytery in foreground, looking towards Lavender Bay, McMahons Point and Milsons Point, with Sydney Harbour in the distance. Probably taken from the balcony of a house off Blues Point Road (opp. school house) whi...
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Full title
[Sydney Harbour from North Shore], 1876 / photographed by Francis W. Robinson
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Similar to B. O. Holtermann & Charles Bayliss' panorama of Sydney Harbour taken in 1875 from `Holtermann's Tower' (now SCEGS Shore School). See also J. Degotardi's panorama taken ca. 1870 which was probably photographed from the tower of the same `Observatory' house (Location Number: XV1/ca.1870/2). House was originally known as `Fryer's Folly' and...
Signature / Inscriptions
"Francis W. Robinson photo, 1876" -- handwritten at lower edge
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
XV/70
Record Identifier
9PQ8ODOn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9PQ8ODOn
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Reference code
430456
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