COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL023249tr
Reference Number:
JA/33/1/1
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Prisoner carving
Alternative Image Title:
Jevons album
Series Title:
Photographs, portraits and related items
Parent Work Title:
Album 'commenced Nov. 26th 1857'
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Australian photographs taken or collected by William Stanley Jevons
Creator:
Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882
Creator Role:
Photographer
Date Created:
[date not identified]
Page/Sheet:
Print 4
Image Sequence Number:
004
Description:
Photograph of an engraving: the subject is a prisoner who carves a crucifixion scene onto the wall of his cell using a nail and a rock. The photograph is in a collection of photographs of Australia, taken or compiled by William Stanley Jevons during the 1850s. Between 1854-1859 Jevons was employed as assayer at the Sydney mint and also carried out detailed social surveys of the city's slums.
Subject:
Capital punishment
Subject:
Bible. New Testament
Category of Material:
Archives
Technique Used:
Engraving (printing 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:
Print 4: 108 mm
Item Width:
Print 4: 144 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
P. McNiven, `Handlist of the Jevons Archives in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, vol. 66 (1983-4), pp. 213-55
Notes:
Print 4 appears in the album JA 33/1/2 as Print 84
Multi Page Number:
20
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, January 2006
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2006-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Prisoner carving
