Album of photographs mainly of Fairlie House, Melbourne, ca. 1840s-1890s
Album of photographs mainly of Fairlie House, Melbourne, ca. 1840s-1890s
About this item
Full title
Date
1840s-1890s
Call Numbers
PXA 298
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Photographs, Drawings and Clippings
Physical Description
Contents
71 photographs - various sizes - sepia
15 news cuttings - various sizes
3 drawings - various sizes - ink, oil and pencil
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Finding aids
Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
The photographs include views of forest country near Melbourne, public buildings and streets in Melbourne, Yarra Bank, a Melbourne residence, the town of Fernshaw, Sandhurst Royal Military College, and a coat of arms.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Album of photographs mainly of Fairlie House, Melbourne, ca. 1840s-1890s
Notes
General note
Inside the front cover is pasted W.A.D. Anderson's bookplate, beneath the ink inscription '1882. Caroline Anderson'. One large loose photograph of a monument, on the back of which is a handwritten copy of a newspaper description, is filed with the album.
Some very similar views of Fairlie House interiors are in Victoria's Representative Men...
Signature / Inscriptions
Pencil sketch is signed W. M. Hyndman and dated 1853. One of the photographs is signed 'C. Walter' and another is stamped 'Bedford Lemere & Co.' Three are dated and fifty nine are titled.
Description source
Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased May 1977
Pic.Acc.3922
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 298
Record Identifier
n5lVqDD9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n5lVqDD9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
867067
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