COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL223500400
Reference Number:
JA/33/1/2/27
Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Photographs, portraits and related items (n.d. 1850s): Album of photographs, '1853-8'
Parent Work Title:
Port Jackson, South Head
Creator:
Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882
Creator Role:
Photographer
Creator Role:
Compiler
Date Created:
[date not identified]
Page/Sheet:
27
Image Sequence Number:
027
Image Sequence Total:
113
Description:
View of a South Head, the peninsular and sandstone headland, entrance to Port Jackson, as seen from Double Bay. A tall-masted sailing ship is visible in the water, and Point Piper to the right. Handwritten caption(s) in ink or pencil on the album page: 'Port Jackson from Double Bay' | 'Point Piper' | 'The Coaster Hood' | 'Middle Head' [... ... ...].
Subject:
Photograph albums--1850-1860
Subject:
Photographic prints--1850-1860
Subject:
Landscape photography--Australia--New South Wales--1850-1860
Subject:
Outdoor photography--Australia--New South Wales--1850-1860
Subject:
Bays--Australia
Subject:
Bodies of water
Subject:
Harbours
Subject:
Coasts
Subject:
Ships
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:
112 mm
Item Width:
49 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 one other print: /26. Bound in an album with a total of 113 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. • Print 27 also appears in album as print 44.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2022-08-24
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
