COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL223500233
Reference Number:
JA/33/1/1/45
Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Photographs, portraits and related items (n.d. 1850s): Album 'commenced Nov. 26th 1857'
Parent Work Title:
Sydney Royal Mint: Assay Balance
Creator:
Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882
Creator Role:
Photographer
Creator Role:
Compiler
Date Created:
1858-02-25
Page/Sheet:
45
Image Sequence Number:
045
Image Sequence Total:
185
Description:
Assay balance for the trial of the weight and purity of metals, in the Coining Department, Sydney Royal Mint. Lying on the table, surrounding the equipment, an open notebook, and other objects. Handwritten caption(s) in ink or pencil on the album page: 'Assay Balance with all fittings etc.' | '25/02/1858'.
Subject:
Photograph albums--1850-1860
Subject:
Photographic prints--1850-1860
Subject:
Indoor photography--Australia--New South Wales--1850-1860
Subject:
Mints--Australia
Subject:
Equipment
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
People Covered:
Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882
Item Height:
107 mm
Item Width:
104 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 three other prints: /43, /44, and /46. 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
