Views of Tasmania, ca. 1879-1885 / photographs by Anson Bros.
Views of Tasmania, ca. 1879-1885 / photographs by Anson Bros.
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Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1879-1881
Call Numbers
PXA 504
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Physical Description
Contents
Albums - 29.4 x 34.8 cm. - 1 album (24 albumen photoprints)
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Level of description
Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Digitised
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Title page shows medals won at Sydney and Melbourne Exhibitions of 1879 and 1880.
1. Government House [ Hobart]
2. Hobart from the Harbour
3. Hobart from the Huon Road
4. Hobart from McGregors
5. The Esplanade [Hobart]
6. Town Hall [Hobart]
7. Museum [Hobart]
8. Murray Street [Hobart]
9. St Johns Church New Town
10...
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Full title
Views of Tasmania, ca. 1879-1885 / photographs by Anson Bros.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
The photographs are inserted into window mounts on each page.
"D.S. Mitchell" signature on title page.
Digital order no:Album ID : 1045799
Signature / Inscriptions
Photographs are titled on album page below image.
"Photographs by Anson Brothers Prize Medalists Sydney & Melbourne Exhibitions Wellington Bridge Hobart" on title page.
Date note
Undated. The view of Murray Street, Hobart (no. 10) shows the studio of J. Bishop-Osborne who was at that address 1879-1883.
Reference:
The mechanical eye in Australia : photography 1841-1900 / Alan Davies & Peter Stanbury ; with assistance from Con Tanre. Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1985.
The view of Port Arthur (no.23) can...
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Transfer from Mitchell Library Printed Books Q986/A, 1996
Administrative / Biographical history
J.W. Beattie was employed at Anson Bros. Studios 1882-1891. In 1891 Beattie purchased Anson Bros. Studio and negatives, later printing them under his own name.
Reference:
From notes by Alan Davies, Curator, State Library of NSW, 1984
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 504
Record Identifier
9arpm8Gn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9arpm8Gn
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Reference code
431112
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