COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL023280tr
Reference Number:
JA/33/1/1
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Sydney views
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:
1858
Page/Sheet:
Print 70-71
Image Sequence Number:
070
Description:
Two photographic views. Print 70: Western corner of Double Bay, near Adelaide House etc; Print 71: Beach and flat of Double Bay taken from below Mr Lasseter's house; the two houses on the beach belonged to F.B. Miller (on the left as viewing), and Mr Daniel Cooper (on the right). 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. Jevons lodged with Miller who also worked at the mint.
Language Code:
eng
Language:
English
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Australia: New South Wales: Sydney
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
Australia: New South Wales: Sydney
People Covered:
Miller, Francis Bowyer, 1828-1887
People Covered:
Cooper, Daniel, Sir, 1821-1902
People Covered:
Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882
Item Height:
Print 70: 123 mm
Item Height:
Print 71: 129 mm
Item Width:
Print 70: 160 mm
Item Width:
Print 71: 166 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:
115
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, January 2006
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2006-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Sydney views
