COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL023295tr
Reference Number:
JA/33/1/1
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Jevons & the 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:
1858
Page/Sheet:
Print 106-108
Image Sequence Number:
106
Description:
Two photographic portraits with the initials of the person and the date the photograph was taken, plus a photograph of the Mint. Print 106: Melting House, S.R.M. (Sydney Royal Mint), furnaces for rough gold; Print 107: W.S.J. (William Stanley Jevons); Print 108: R.H. (Robert Hunt). 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:
Hunt, Robert, 1830-1892
People Covered:
Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882
Item Height:
Print 106: 122 mm
Item Height:
Print 107: 108 mm
Item Height:
Print 108: 108 mm
Item Width:
Print 106: 150 mm
Item Width:
Print 107: 80 mm
Item Width:
Print 108: 80 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 107 also appears in the album JA 33/1/2 as Print 95
Multi Page Number:
190
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, January 2006
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2006-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Jevons & the Mint
