[Eliza Morisset, ca. 1860 / photographed by Edwin Dalton]
[Eliza Morisset, ca. 1860 / photographed by Edwin Dalton]
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Date
ca. 1860
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MIN 138
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Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
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Photographs - visible image 6.4 x 5.3, case 9.3 x 8 x 2 cm. (closed) - 1/6th plate hand-coloured ambrotype in pinchbeck frame, inside velvet-lined Russian seal skin Eickmeyer case with gilded brass clasp
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Out of copyright : Created before 1955
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Full title
[Eliza Morisset, ca. 1860 / photographed by Edwin Dalton]
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
The ambrotype, being the original camera negative, is laterally inverted (or back-to-front), so that Eliza's wedding ring appears on her right hand -- Curator of Photographs, State Library of NSW, 2004.
An almost identical ambrotype portrait of Eliza Morisset, taken at the same sitting, is available at Location Number: MIN 139 Mitchell Library.
Digital order no:Album ID : 1257761...
Contextual Information
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Presented by Sir Kenneth Street, 1960
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Administrative / Biographical history
Eliza Morisset (nee Lawson) was the eldest daughter of William and Caroline Lawson and grand-daughter of Lieut. William Lawson, pastoralist and Blue Mountains explorer. In 1860 she married Kelso magistrate Edric Morisset. Soon after, she had her portrait taken by society photographer Edwin Dalton, of the Royal Photographic Establishment, Sydney.
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MIN 138
Record Identifier
9qoQboQ1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoQboQ1
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439946
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