New South Wales Views, [predominantly of Jenolan Caves and the Blue Mountains, ca. 1881-ca.1887] /...
New South Wales Views, [predominantly of Jenolan Caves and the Blue Mountains, ca. 1881-ca.1887] / photographs by Caney & Co.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
[ca. 1881-ca.1887]
Call Numbers
PXE 1736
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
60 photographs (1 album) - albumen prints
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Photographic album titled 'New South Wales Views' containing 60 photographic prints, predominantly of Jenolan Caves and the Blue Mountains.
1. Wentworth Falls
2. Katoomba Rocks, looking up from the road to the coal mine
3. Govett's Leap
4. The Grose Valley (Govett's Leap)
5. Fairy Bower (Mount Victoria)
6. First sight of Fairy...
Alternative Titles
Full title
New South Wales Views, [predominantly of Jenolan Caves and the Blue Mountains, ca. 1881-ca.1887] / photographs by Caney & Co.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Embossed on cover: "New South Wales Views"
Stamps on album pages below images: "Copies can be had from Caney & Co. photographers, Lithgow"
Stamp on inside front cover: "C. Jerrems Bookbinder, Sydney"
Date note
Dates based on operating dates of Caney & Co, and date of 1881 on labels for three photographs
Description source
Titles printed and affixed to album page below image
Object History
By descent from the donor's grandmother
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Lynne Outhred, November 2017
Administrative / Biographical history
Caney & Co. Photographic Studio was set up by Ebenezer Caney in Lithgow, New South Wales, soon after he moved from New Zealand to Australia. Operating until approximately 1887, the studio produced many photographic views of the surrounding area, including views of the Jenolan Caves and the Blue Mountains, for which they won prizes at the Internatio...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 1736
Record Identifier
YezWXGV9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YezWXGV9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
9611357
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