COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL223500303
Reference Number:
JA/33/1/1/106
Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Photographs, portraits and related items (n.d. 1850s): Album 'commenced Nov. 26th 1857'
Parent Work Title:
Sydney Royal Mint: Melting House
Creator:
Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882
Creator Role:
Compiler
Creator:
Hunt, Robert
Creator Role:
Photographer
Date Created:
1858-02-22
Page/Sheet:
106
Image Sequence Number:
115
Image Sequence Total:
185
Description:
Melting House of the Sydney Royal Mint. Handwritten caption(s) in ink or pencil on the album page: 'Melting House, S.R.M. Furnaces for rough gold | 'R.H.' | '25/2/58'.
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
Item Height:
122 mm
Item Width:
150 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 two other prints: /107 and /108. 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
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