COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL223500227
Reference Number:
JA/33/1/1/39
Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Photographs, portraits and related items (n.d. 1850s): Album 'commenced Nov. 26th 1857'
Parent Work Title:
Royal Sapper and Miner, M.D.
Creator:
Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882
Creator Role:
Photographer
Creator Role:
Compiler
Date Created:
1857-11-24
Page/Sheet:
39
Image Sequence Number:
039
Image Sequence Total:
185
Description:
Half-length portrait of an unidentified male, soldier of the Royal Sappers and Miners, standing, facing three-quarters to the right, looking away from the camera. He is in military uniform, carrying a rifle, suspended from his shoulder. Handwritten caption(s) in ink or pencil on the album page: 'M.D.' | 'Royal Sapper and Miner' | '24/11/57'.
Subject:
Mints
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Sub-Category:
Albumen prints
Technique Used:
Albumen process
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Australia: New South Wales
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
Australia: New South Wales
Item Height:
89 mm
Item Width:
59 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Copyright restrictions may apply
Notes:
• Monochrome photographic print, mounted on paper with four other prints: /38, /40, /41, and /42. Bound in an album with a total of 172 photographs of places in Sydney, and of friends and colleagues at the Sydney Royal Mint, taken or compiled by William Stanley Jevons during the 1850s. Between 1854-1859 Jevons was employed as Assayer at the Sydney Royal Mint and also carried out detailed social surveys of the city's slums.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2022-08-18
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2022-11
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
