[Ambrotype copy of unidentified portrait by Charles Rodius, ca.1857-60] / unknown photographer
[Ambrotype copy of unidentified portrait by Charles Rodius, ca.1857-60] / unknown photographer
About this item
Full title
Date
ca.1857-1860
Call Numbers
ML 1395
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 photograph - 29.5 x 23.3 cm. (sight), in frame 51 x 45.5 cm. - ambrotype
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Collection
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
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Physical Access Conditions
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Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Ambrotype copy of a pencil portrait, framed. Mount window has rounded corners.
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Ambrotype copy of unidentified portrait by Charles Rodius, ca.1857-60] / unknown photographer
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
An unusually large ambrotype ca.1857-1860 which has previously been attributed to Sydney photographer Thomas Glaister on the basis of size. However this ambrotype is 5 cm. smaller than those by Glaister held in the Library, and does not appear be varnished, a characteristic of all known Glaisters. Nonetheless it must be by one of the better local s...
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased Feb 2007
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1395
Record Identifier
nGm4X4aY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nGm4X4aY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
456962
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