Detail View: Rylands Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL223500412
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Reference Number:
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JA/33/1/2/39
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Link to Catalogue:
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Series Title:
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Photographs, portraits and related items (n.d. 1850s): Album of photographs, '1853-8'
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Parent Work Title:
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Coining press, Sydney Royal Mint
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Creator:
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Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882
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Creator Role:
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Photographer
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Creator Role:
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Compiler
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Date Created:
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1857-12-09
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Page/Sheet:
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39
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Image Sequence Number:
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039
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Image Sequence Total:
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113
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Description:
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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)'.
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Subject:
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Photograph albums--1850-1860
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Subject:
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Photographic prints--1850-1860
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Subject:
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Portrait photographs--1850-1860
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Subject:
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Indoor photography--Australia--New South Wales--1850-1860
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Subject:
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Mints--Australia
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Subject:
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Employees
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Subject:
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Friends and associates
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Subject:
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Equipment
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Category of Material:
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Archives
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Sub-Category:
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Analogue photography
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Sub-Category:
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Albumen prints
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Technique Used:
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Albumen process
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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Australia: New South Wales
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Time Period Covered:
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19th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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Australia: New South Wales
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People Covered:
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Newton, Joseph, 1820-1888
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Item Height:
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84 mm
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Item Width:
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65 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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Copyright restrictions may apply
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Notes:
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• 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.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2022-08-24
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2022-11
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Rylands
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