James Keith Solling Houison pictorial material and realia, ca.1803-ca.1959
James Keith Solling Houison pictorial material and realia, ca.1803-ca.1959
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Date
ca.1803-ca.1959
Call Numbers
PXA 1721 , PXD 1311 , PXD 1312 , R 2083 , SLIDES 261 , ON 527 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 1, Shelf 15 - applies to R 2083/Item 3
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Physical Description
Contents
Approximately 768 photographs - various sizes - albumen, tintype, silver gelatin
Approximately 886 ephemera items (postcards)
2 folders of textual material
2 seals - approx. 10 x 10 x 1.8 cm. (broken) and 1.4 x 1.2 cm. (affixed to paper approx. 6.8 x 5.5 cm.) - wax
1 plaque - 16.7 x 13.5 x 0.4 cm. - alloy
7 albums (chiefly engravings and postcards)
1 certificate - 41 x 56.5 cm. - colour lithograph
1 poster - 39.5 x 28.5 cm. - colour screenprint
5 photomechanical prints - 25.5 x 101.5 cm. or smaller
12 transparencies - 35mm. - b&w
82 negatives - 22 x 16.5 cm. or smaller - chiefly glass
11 architectural drawings - 52 x 72 cm. (largest), 40 x 39 cm. (smallest) - dyeline and blueprint
23 prints - 42 x 62 cm. or smaller - engravings, etchings, lithographs
18 drawings - approx. 57 x 35 cm. (largest), 7.8 x 12.6 cm. (smallest) - pencil, ink, charcoal, watercolour
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Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
Architectural plans, realia, slides and negatives are catalogued as separate formats at PXD 1312, R 2083, SLIDES 261 and ON 527 respectively. All other pictorial and textual material is housed according to size at PXA 1721 and PXD 1311. Within PXA 1721 and PXD 1311, printed material, copy photographs and original photographs have been allocated to distinct sets as far as possible, except where these were found together as a folder of material.
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright restrictions may apply : Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright for the life of creator plus 70 years.
Copyright status : In copyright - Life of creator plus 70 years - applies to architectural plans
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
Physical Access Conditions
Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian : Applies to R 2083, SLIDES 261 and ON 527
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Scope and Contents
Contents
SERIES 01: PRINTS, PHOTOGRAPHS & POSTCARDS (Mitchell Library call no. PXA 1721)
PXA 1721/Box 1
21 prints: etchings, engravings, lithographs. Include 'Town & Cove of Sydney / Woodthorpe, Sc. Pub. by M. Jones, Paternoster Row, March 18 1803'; and Australian views after S. T. Gill published by Sands & Kenny, Sydney & Melbourne, 1857, and aft...
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Full title
James Keith Solling Houison pictorial material and realia, ca.1803-ca.1959
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
This pictorial material, together with items at Mitchell Library call nos. MPG/27, XV*/COOK/2, and XV*/CERT/2 , are part of James Keith Solling Houison papers at MLMSS 2045.
Plaque at R 2083 was set into the face of a wooden block approx. 33.5 x 27.5 x 4 cm. with a sand-textured surface finish (wooden block discarded April 2013).
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Object History
Some material is from the papers of G. A. King. The original arrangement of the collection gives only partial indication of King material. Undated internal transfer note to Pictures Section from Manuscript Dept, found with Pic.Acc.2022, states 'Acquired as part of MLMSS 2045' and 'Don. Mrs J. K. S. Houison' (note discarded)
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by J. K. S. Houison, September 1970
Pic.Acc.2022
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 1721 , PXD 1311 , PXD 1312 , R 2083 , SLIDES 261 , ON 527 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 1, Shelf 15 - applies to R 2083/Item 3
Record Identifier
Yj7dllx9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yj7dllx9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
913288
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