COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL223500486
Reference Number:
JA/33/1/2/113
Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Photographs, portraits and related items (n.d. 1850s): Album of photographs, '1853-8'
Parent Work Title:
Jevons, Double Bay Woodland
Creator:
Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882
Creator Role:
Photographer
Creator Role:
Compiler
Date Created:
1858-03
Page/Sheet:
113
Image Sequence Number:
113
Image Sequence Total:
113
Description:
View of a rural landscape. William Stanley Jevons within a densely wooded area of Double Bay. Jevons is lying on the ground facing slightly to the left, looking away from the camera. There are trees, shrubs, and woodland surrounding the entire area. Handwritten caption(s) in ink or pencil on the album page:: 'Bush, gum trees, etc, gully at the head of Double Bay, including my own portrait (Jevons) done entirely by myself.'.
Subject:
Photograph albums--1850-1860
Subject:
Photographic prints--1850-1860
Subject:
Portrait photographs--1850-1860
Subject:
Landscape photography--Australia--New South Wales--1850-1860
Subject:
Outdoor photography--Australia--New South Wales--1850-1860
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
Item Height:
138 mm
Item Width:
172 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. 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 113 also appears in album JA 33/1/1 as 149.
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
