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Photograph - Streetscape, Melbourne, Victoria, 1853-1855
Reg. No: MM 042758
- Summary:
- One of thirteen reproduced black and white photographs of early Melbourne taken by Walter Bentley Woodbury (1834-1885), purchased from The Royal Photographic Society in Bath, England.
Walter Woodbury was an inventor and pioneering English photographer who was one of the earliest practioners of the wet-plate (or collodian) process in Australia. Woodbury was active in Melbourne from 1852-1857. - Description:
- Black and white silver gelatin photograph.
- Description Of Content:
- View of Melbourne city buildings showing a street and fence in the foreground. Possibly Spring Street.
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 197 mm (Height), 184 mm (Width) |
More information
| Tagged with: | cabinetmakers, factories, fences, streetscapes, upholsterers, buildings, cities, roads, built environment, cityscapes |
| Themes this item is part of: | Images & Image Making Collection |
| Primary Classification: | ENVIRONMENTS |
| Secondary Classification: | Metropolitan - Melbourne |
| Tertiary Classification: | streetscapes |
| Inscriptions: | Hand written in blue ink on a peach label attached to previous plastic sleeve housing: '6' Printed in blue ink on a label attached to back of photograph: 'RPS / The Royal Photographic Society / The Octagon, Milsom Street / Bath, England BA1 1DN / Telephone (0225) 62841 / VAT Reg. No. 242 4122 07' Hand written in grey pencil on back of photograph: '6 / 11728 / WOODBURY A-H 8 Consecutive Views, / Melbourne / F / 43049' |
| Format: | Photograph: Black & White |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1853-1855 |
| Printer: | Royal Photographic Society, Bath, Somerset, England |
| Photographer: | Walter Woodbury, England |
| Date Printed: | 1984 |
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