COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL223500277
Reference Number:
JA/33/1/1/84
Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Photographs, portraits and related items (n.d. 1850s): Album 'commenced Nov. 26th 1857'
Parent Work Title:
Joseph Newton and Family
Creator:
Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882
Creator Role:
Photographer
Creator Role:
Compiler
Date Created:
1858-04-02
Page/Sheet:
84
Image Sequence Number:
089
Image Sequence Total:
185
Description:
Portrait of Joseph Newton's family posing outdoors, in front of a their house. Joseph Newton is sitting on the right, facing front, looking directly into the camera, with Catherine, who appears to be asleep, balanced on his left leg. Mrs Newton is on the left, facing front, looking directly into the camera. With her right hand she is holding a baby, lying on its back, on her lap. Her left hand is placed around the eldest daughter's shoulders, who is next to her. The eldest daughter is standing in the middle, between Mr and Mrs Newton, facing front, looking directly into the camera. The house is visible but blurry in the background. Handwritten caption(s) in ink or pencil on the album page: 'J.N and family' | '2/4/58'.
Subject:
Photograph albums--1850-1860
Subject:
Photographic prints--1850-1860
Subject:
Portrait photographs--1850-1860
Subject:
Mints--Australia
Subject:
Employees
Subject:
Friends and associates
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Sub-Category:
Albumen prints
Sub-Category:
Portraits
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:
Newton, Joseph, 1820-1888
People Covered:
Newton, Catherine Dinah, 1856-
People Covered:
Newton, Emma, née Gadsby, 1834-1870
Item Height:
56 mm
Item Width:
88 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 five other prints: /81, /82, /83, /85, and /86. 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
