COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL023271tr
Reference Number:
JA/33/1/1
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Sydney Royal Mint
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:
1857
Page/Sheet:
Print 38-42
Image Sequence Number:
038
Description:
Five dated photographs. Print 38: Coining Department of the Sydney Royal Mint; Print 39: Royal Lapper and Miner; Print 40: Assay Apparatus S.R.M. (Sydney Royal Mint) Solution Process; Print 41: M.D.; Print 42: Dog. The photographs are 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.
Language Code:
eng
Language:
English
Subject:
Mints
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Sub-Category:
Portraits
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Australia: New South Wales: Sydney
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
Australia: New South Wales: Sydney
People Covered:
Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882
Item Height:
Print 38: 74 mm
Item Height:
Print 39: 90 mm
Item Height:
Print 40: 80 mm
Item Height:
Print 41: 93 mm
Item Height:
Print 42: 65 mm
Item Width:
Print 38: 80 mm
Item Width:
Print 39: 58 mm
Item Width:
Print 40: 95 mm
Item Width:
Print 41: 60 mm
Item Width:
Print 42: 53 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
Multi Page Number:
65
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, January 2006
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2006-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Sydney Royal Mint
