Blackwood's panorama of Sydney & Harbour from Government House, [1858]
Blackwood's panorama of Sydney & Harbour from Government House, [1858]
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
[1858]
Call Numbers
PXA 426
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Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
12 photoprints (comprising 1 panorama in 11 sections and 1 photoprint) in leather and embossed bound album - images 19 x 29.2 cm., in album 25.3 x 31 cm. Length of panorama, 324.5 cm., mounted on folding board - albumen
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Issue Copy
Copy print : SPF/Sydney, 1858
Copy print : SPF/Sydney-Public Buildings-Government House, 1858
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Blackwood's Panorama / of / Sydney Harbour / from / Government House -- Cover title
Sections 1-11. Panorama
Section 1 & 2. Entrance to Government House, Macquarie Street, city view including Customs House, Sydney Cove
Section 3 & 4. City view, Sydney Cove, The Rocks, Campbell's Wharf & Dawes Point
Section 5 & 6. Sydney Harbour, Fort Mac...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Blackwood's panorama of Sydney & Harbour from Government House, [1858]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 824199...
Contextual Information
Source
Transfer from Mitchell Library Printed Books collection, Q981.1/B, July 1985
Exhibited in
- Sydney vistas : panoramic views 1788-1995
- Eye 4 photography
Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales
State Library of New South Wales (January, 2005 - May, 2005)
Administrative / Biographical history
Portrait painter Olaf William Blackwood (1824-1897), of Swedish-Scots descent, set himself up as a photographer in Sydney in 1858.
Apart from being the first photographer in Australia to introduce the carte-de-visite (the commonest form of portrait photograph of the 19th century) Blackwood is known for producing three large albums of Sydney view...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 426
Record Identifier
n88Eg0Ln
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88Eg0Ln
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Reference code
441831
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