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Album of photographs of family and friends, ca. 1863-1892 / [possibly compiled David Scott Mitchell]

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Album of photographs of family and friends, ca. 1863-1892 / [possibly compiled David Scott Mitchell]

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkdbDD9

Album of photographs of family and friends, ca. 1863-1892 / [possibly compiled David Scott Mitchell]

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Full title

Album of photographs of family and friends, ca. 1863-1892 / [possibly compiled David Scott Mitchell]

Date

ca. 1863-1892

Call Numbers

PXC 831

Record Identifier

9gkdbDD9

Reference Code

430929

Formats

Pictures and Photographs

Physical Description

Contents

1 album (170 photoprints) - 28 x 23.5 x 6.4 cm. - carte de visite, album with gilt edges and two brass clasps for closing mechanism

Other Descriptions

Level of description

File

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 contains mainly studio portrait photographs from various photographers in Australia and the United Kingdom. One photograph is of a homestead with people at the front of the property (No.86). Photographs include:

David Scott Mitchell (No. 166)
James Mitchell (Nos. 1, 15, 30, 158, 160)
Augusta Maria Mitchell (No. 2)
Sarah Anne S...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Album of photographs of family and friends, ca. 1863-1892 / [possibly compiled David Scott Mitchell]

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Artists

Notes

General note

Digital order no:Album ID : 824112...

Signature / Inscriptions

Photographers stamp on reverse of most photographs.

The inscriptions on the reverse of Nos. 49 and 168 are difficult to decipher.

No. 101 is signed by Rose Scott.

No. 121 bears inscription, "For Mrs Mitchell".

No. 160 has an invitation to Mr Mitchell from Mrs Alfred Sandeman affixed to the reverse.

Description source

Sir John Young (No. 36) has been identified by another copy held in the Portrait file P1/Y Mitchell Library. The woman with Young cannot be his daughter as he died without issue.
Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.6, 1851-1890. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1976

Contextual Information

Source

Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907

No. 66 is a later insertion and was presented by Miss M. Windeyer in Nov. 1926.

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Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

PXC 831

Record Identifier

9gkdbDD9

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Reference code

430929

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