Album by W. Blackwood of Sydney Banks, 1859
Album by W. Blackwood of Sydney Banks, 1859
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1859
Call Numbers
PXE 931
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
1 album (9 albumen photoprints, 10 leaves of text) - images 24 x 29.7 cm. or smaller, in album 31.3 x 43 cm.
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Each photograph is prefaced by information about the bank including: date of incorporation; capital; names of directors and employees; locality of branches.
[i.] Preface / Sydney, 8th November, 1859
[1-2.] Bank of Australasia
[3-4.] London Chartered Bank of Australia [and R.P. Richardson, Land & General Sale Rooms]
[5-6.] Bank of Ne...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Album by W. Blackwood of Sydney Banks, 1859
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 846174...
Signature / Inscriptions
Titled taken from embossed text on album cover.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Transfer from Mitchell Library Printed Books collection,
F725.24/B, July 2004
Exhibited in
- Great collections
Museums & Galleries NSW (12 December, 2008 - 30 August, 2009)
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
PXE 931
Record Identifier
nGm4oW5Y
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nGm4oW5Y
Other Identifiers
Reference code
421115
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