COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL223500412
Reference Number:
JA/33/1/2/39
Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Photographs, portraits and related items (n.d. 1850s): Album of photographs, '1853-8'
Parent Work Title:
Coining press, Sydney Royal Mint
Creator:
Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882
Creator Role:
Photographer
Creator Role:
Compiler
Date Created:
1857-12-09
Page/Sheet:
39
Image Sequence Number:
039
Image Sequence Total:
113
Description:
Coining press in the Coining Department, Sydney Royal Mint. Standing on the right, is Joseph Newton, posing with his left hand placed against the machine. In his right hand, he is holding a tall hat by his side. Handwritten caption(s) in ink or pencil on the album page: 'Coining Press of the S.R.M. (Mr Newton Engineer)'.
Subject:
Photograph albums--1850-1860
Subject:
Photographic prints--1850-1860
Subject:
Portrait photographs--1850-1860
Subject:
Indoor photography--Australia--New South Wales--1850-1860
Subject:
Mints--Australia
Subject:
Employees
Subject:
Friends and associates
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:
Newton, Joseph, 1820-1888
Item Height:
84 mm
Item Width:
65 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: /40. 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 39 also appears in album JA/33/1/1 as print 46.
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
