COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL223500413
Reference Number:
JA/33/1/2/40
Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Photographs, portraits and related items (n.d. 1850s): Album of photographs, '1853-8'
Parent Work Title:
Rolling Mills, Sydney Royal Mint
Creator:
Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882
Creator Role:
Photographer
Creator Role:
Compiler
Date Created:
1857-12-10
Page/Sheet:
40
Image Sequence Number:
040
Image Sequence Total:
113
Description:
Rolling mills, in the Coining Department, Sydney Royal Mint. In the foreground is the drag bench. Standing on the left, partially visible, is William Jevons, and in the back centre, also visible, is Robert Hunt operating the machinery. Handwritten caption(s) in ink or pencil on the album page: 'Coining Department of the S.R.M. showing the rolling mills, also in foreground the drag bench, W.S.J. and R.H. partially appear'.
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:
Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882
People Covered:
Hunt, Robert, 1830-1892
Item Height:
72 mm
Item Width:
95 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: /39. 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 40 also appears in album JA/33/1/1 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
