The Grafton Steam Punt, ca. 1872 / carte de visite by Josiah Stevenson (attributed)
The Grafton Steam Punt, ca. 1872 / carte de visite by Josiah Stevenson (attributed)
The Grafton Steam Punt, ca. 1872 / carte de visite by Josiah Stevenson (attributed)
About this item
Full title
Date
1872
Call Numbers
SPF/3492
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 photograph - 3 x 10 cm - albumen
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Item
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
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Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Alternative Titles
Full title
The Grafton Steam Punt, ca. 1872 / carte de visite by Josiah Stevenson (attributed)
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Digital order no:c034550001
Attributions / Conjectures
Attributed to Josiah Stephenson in vendor's catalogue description with reference to The Mechanical Eye in Australia : photography 1841-1900 / Alan Davies & Peter Stanbury. Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1985
Description source
Title taken from back of photograph
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Joseph Lebovic Gallery, 14 November 2014, Australasiana Collectors' List No. 174, item 27, 2014
Administrative / Biographical history
The Grafton Steam Punt was launched on Saturday 22 August 1868 to provide a link between the Richmond River and the southern portions of the colony.
Reference:
Clarence and Richmond Daily Advertiser, 25 August 1968
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SPF/3492
Record Identifier
YRlZJden
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlZJden
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1269429
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