Views of Adelaide, ca. 1885-1886 / Capt [i.e. Captain] Samuel White Sweet
Views of Adelaide, ca. 1885-1886 / Capt [i.e. Captain] Samuel White Sweet
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1885-1886
Call Numbers
PXA 511
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
24 photographs - various sizes, volume 22.3 x 30.3 cm - albumen
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Finding aids
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Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Included are views of public buildings, streets, churches and bridges in and around Adelaide.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Views of Adelaide, ca. 1885-1886 / Capt [i.e. Captain] Samuel White Sweet
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Keyword subject:
Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition Building
Darmody, Bridget
Signature / Inscriptions
Ten photographs are signed 'Sweet Adeialde'. Titled as above on front cover ; 'Photographs of Adelaide' is gold stamped on spine. One photograph (No.4) is titled within image ; each is titled in ink, in unidentified hand, beneath image on mount. Each signed photographer's number within image.
Date note
None are dated; dated from studio listing in Davies, Alan, 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia', Melbourne, O.U.P., 1985 ; and from buildings depicted eg. Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition buildings nearing completion, ca. 1886 (No.2). See Scott, H.J., 'South Australia in 1887 : a handbook for the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition...',...
Description source
Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009.
Contextual Information
Source
Transferred from Printed Books Collection (Q983.1/S), September 1988
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 511
Record Identifier
YRlZqben
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlZqben
Other Identifiers
Reference code
862394
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