Photographs relating to Hudson Brothers Engineering and various New South Wales views ca. 1880-1900...
Photographs relating to Hudson Brothers Engineering and various New South Wales views ca. 1880-1900 / probably photographed by David Scott
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1880-1900
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Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
90 photographs - albumen, tintype
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
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Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
FILE 1:
Hudson Brothers Engineering buildings at Clyde, Sydney, ca. 1880-1900 / probably photographed by David Scott
FILE 2:
Photographs of David Scott's travels in New South Wales ca. 1880-1900 / probably photographed by David Scott
Item 1: Tintype photographic portrait of unidentified man, ca. 1880 / probably photographed by...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Photographs relating to Hudson Brothers Engineering and various New South Wales views ca. 1880-1900 / probably photographed by David Scott
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Photographs are unsigned, no date and no title.
Attributions / Conjectures
These photographs are probably the work of David Scott, an office clerk and amateur photographer who worked for Hudson Brothers in 1880s-1893.
Date note
Dates based on time period of David Scott employed by Hudson Brothers.
Conservation note
Photographs have foxing, gold trim around mounts and some have loss of image.
Description source
Titled provided by cataloguer.
Object History
By descent.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Josef Lebovic Gallery, December 2018
Administrative / Biographical history
David Scott was employed by Hudson Bros Limited ca. 1880s-1893 as a finance clerk. He also photographed the company’s “railway carriages, wagons & general machineries, together with many views of various portions of our works at Clyde”. The company commended “the excellent quality & finish of the work” (information from Hudson Bros letter dated 7...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
9PQWJo2n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9PQWJo2n
Other Identifiers
Reference code
9623511
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