Bingle family : scrap album, 1856-1889
Bingle family : scrap album, 1856-1889
About this item
Full title
Date
1856-1889
Call Numbers
PXA 941
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Photographs, Prints and Manuscripts
Physical Description
Contents
1 album (147 pages plus 69 loose items, including 12 photographs) - 29.5 x 24 cm.
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Access and use
Physical Access Conditions
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Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Typical of the period, album contains manuscript poems, music, autographs, photographs, sentimental prints and miscellaneous drawings by Sarah C. Bingle and others. Of particular interest are:
Calotypes (or salt prints from glass negatives), ca. 1850-1855, taken by Joseph Docker of `Thornthwaite', the property abutting John Bingle's property `Pu...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Bingle family : scrap album, 1856-1889
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
A similar print of `Thornthwaite' (p.39) reproduced in The Mechanical Eye in Australia / A. Davies & P. Stanbury. Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1985
Digital order no:Album ID : 823734
Signature / Inscriptions
`Mary Elizabeth Bingle from her affectionate Father, 1856. Newcastle 2nd June 1856' -- flyleaf inside album cover
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased 2001
Administrative / Biographical history
John Bingle of `Puen Buen', Upper Hunter, NSW, had three children: Mary Elizabeth, Sarah Cross and John Rayden. His neighbour was surgeon, politician and amateur photographer, Joseph Docker of `Thornthwaite'. See the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol.1
For a written history of the Bingle family see ML MSS 486/1b pp.245-264 (CY 2296) Mitche...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 941
Record Identifier
YdmdvDp9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YdmdvDp9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
414220
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