COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL023347tr
Reference Number:
JA/33/1/2
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Sydney Royal Mint
Alternative Image Title:
Jevons album
Series Title:
Photographs, portraits and related items
Parent Work Title:
Album of photographs, '1853-8'
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Australian photographs taken or collected by William Stanley Jevons
Creator:
Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882
Creator Role:
Photographer
Date Created:
1853-1858
Page/Sheet:
Print 39-40
Image Sequence Number:
039
Description:
Print 39: Coining Press of the S.R.M. (Sydney Royal Mint), Mr Newton, engineer; Print 40: Coining Department of the S.R.M. showing the rolling mills, also in foreground the drag bench, W.S.J. (William Stanley Jevons) and R.H. (Robert Hunt) partially appear. 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
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
People Covered:
Newton, Joseph, 1820-1888
People Covered:
Hunt, Robert, 1830-1892
Item Height:
Print 39: 84 mm
Item Height:
Print 40: 72 mm
Item Width:
Print 39: 65 mm
Item Width:
Print 40: 94 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 39 and Print 40 appear in the album JA 33/1/1 as Print 46 and Print 44 respectively.
Multi Page Number:
140
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
