Album of photographs of Sydney & country New South Wales, ca. 1871 / American & Australasian Photogr...
Album of photographs of Sydney & country New South Wales, ca. 1871 / American & Australasian Photogr...
Album of photographs of Sydney & country New South Wales, ca. 1871 / American & Australasian Photographic Company
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1871
Call Numbers
PXA 933
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
234 photographs (1 album) - 31 x 27 cm. - cartes-de-visite
1 photograph - 20 x 15 cm. - gelatin silver, printing-out paper photoprint
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Album:
1. Parramatta River
2. A.S.N. Co.'s Slip from Sydney
3. Goulburn Church
4. Ra[n]dwick
5. Darling St, Balmain
6. Public School, Redfern
7. [Elevated view of unidentified country town]
8. Gas Works, Sydney
9. [Man and horse in paddock, unidentified church at right. Cf. church in 186]
10. A.S.N.Co.'s Wharf, Sydney<...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Album of photographs of Sydney & country New South Wales, ca. 1871 / American & Australasian Photographic Company
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
This album was possibly second prize in a competition run by the Company, as advertised in the Sydney Morning Herald on 12 May 1871
Digital order no:Album ID : a5743096
Signature / Inscriptions
"Conyber Bookbinder, 13 Park Street, Sydney" -- printed on decal affixed to inside front cover
"American & Australasian Photographic Company, Sydney Office, 324 George Street, Beaufory Merlin" -- printed on card affixed to inside front cover
Rudimentary pencil sketch of a kangaroo head on inside back cover
Handwritten album inscriptions in...
Conservation note
Album - spine broken and covering worn.
Photograph - Creased and torn with piece missing from bottom left corner.
Description source
No. 134 previously titled [Main street of unidentified NSW country town]. Identified by Tom Thompson, February 2009.
Nos. 25, 64, 111, 216 identified by Ben Jackman, 2013.
Nos. 44, 48, 81, 87, 96, 121, 136, 138, 147, 173, 184, 202, 211, 233 identified by Ireen Lark, 2015.
Nos. 117, 204 and 207 identified by Ireen Lark, April 2018.
No. 1...
Contextual Information
Source
Presented July 2001
Exhibited in
- UNESCO Six
- Shot : 400 photographs, 200 photographers, 3 centuries
State Library of New South Wales (6 October, 2018 - 5 May, 2019)
Administrative / Biographical history
Beaufoy Merlin and the American and Australasian Photographic Company arrived in Sydney from Victoria in September 1870. The studio did views, street scenes and later portraits. In March 1872 Merlin and his assistant Charles Bayliss moved to the goldfields town of Hill End. It was on this site that many carte-de-visite portraits were taken.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 933
Record Identifier
9WZM7jzY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9WZM7jzY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
420926
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