Stereoscopic view of George Street, south of Hunter Street, Sydney, [1859] / by William Hetzer
Stereoscopic view of George Street, south of Hunter Street, Sydney, [1859] / by William Hetzer
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
[1859]
Call Numbers
PXB 1728
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 photograph - mount 8.3 x 17.2 cm (stereograph format) - print on card mount
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Comprises one stereoscopic albumen print photographs on grey mount of a view looking south along George Street, taken from an elevated position on the west side, close to the bottom end of Hunter Street. Possibly taken from the first floor balcony of Hetzer's own studio which was located at 287 George St (opposite Hunter Street) from 1859. The view...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Stereoscopic view of George Street, south of Hunter Street, Sydney, [1859] / by William Hetzer
Variant title
Stereoscopic views of Sydney and Environs
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Title in manuscript on verso with printed photographer label pasted to mount card. Photographer's label reads: Stereoscopic views of Sydney and Environs by W. Hetzer, Photographic Artist, 287 George Street, Sydney NSW.
Description source
Date devised by cataloguer based on 1859 newspaper article listing a view of George Street.
Reference:
General Progress in Art. (1859, May 13). The Sydney Morning Herald, p. 9., http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13024893 (accessed 2 January 2019)
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Douglas Stewart Fine Books, December 2018
Collection history
Acquired by vendor from Edward Michaleski, an Ohio photography and antique dealer, 2018.
Administrative / Biographical history
William Hetzer arrived in Sydney from Germany in 1850 and opened a photographic studio the same year at 51 Hunter Street, advertising calotype (salt prints), portraits and views. Hetzer specialised in paper photography and captured the market for stereographic views and carte-de-visite portraits. In 1858 he produced an album of 36 stereoviews of Sy...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXB 1728
Record Identifier
nX6DJMQY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6DJMQY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
9623532
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