Stephen family - collection of photographs being mainly studio portraits of Stephen family members,...
Stephen family - collection of photographs being mainly studio portraits of Stephen family members, 1858-1949
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1858-1949
Call Numbers
PXA 1024
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Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
174 photographic prints - 25.4 x 21.3 cm or smaller - includes 43 carte de visite, 38 cabinet photographs, 3 panel card photographs, 3 platinum prints, 1 tintype
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Series
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
BOX 1
1-9. Sir Alfred Stephen, ca. 1869-1884. Includes portraits by J. Hubert Newman, Duryea, and Tuttle & Co.
10-15. William "Billy" Bedford Stephen, ca. 1864-1887. Includes portraits by Foster & Martin, Dalton, and Freeman Brothers.
16-18. Cecil Stephen, ca. 1860's-1880's. Includes portrait by Dalton.
19-21. Edward Bedford [Edward Sa...
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Full title
Stephen family - collection of photographs being mainly studio portraits of Stephen family members, 1858-1949
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Nos. 10 and 11 are respectively inscribed on the reverse, "Alice M. Stephen 18th Feb./64" and Saidee C. Stephen 18 February 1864"
No.27 is signed, "A.P. Bedford / May 1895"
No.37 is inscribed, "With affectionate [?] / regards / from / J.K."
No.41 has text on the reverse addressed to "Miss Bedford".
No.97 is inscribed on the reverse, "Wi...
Date note
The majority of photographs are dated by: The mechanical eye in Australia : photography 1841-1900 / Alan Davies & Peter Stanbury ; with assistance from Con Tanre. Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1985
Description source
Photographer's stamp on the reverse of many images.
Several photographs are identified on the reverse in a contemporary or later hand.
Nos 166-168 identified by Bev Ottara (Nov 2005)
Contextual Information
Source
Transferred from MLMSS 777 in July 2004
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 1024
Record Identifier
n7oVMOOn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n7oVMOOn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
826133
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