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Photograph - Cremorne Gardens, Richmond, Victoria, 1853-1858
Reg. No: MM 042763
- 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:
- Ornate rotunda at Cremorne Gardens, established in 1853 on the banks of the Yarra River in Richmond.
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 173 mm (Height), 203 mm (Width) |
More information
| Tagged with: | decorations, fences, public gardens, rotundas, trees, amusement parks |
| Themes this item is part of: | Images & Image Making Collection |
| Primary Classification: | ENVIRONMENTS |
| Secondary Classification: | Metropolitan - Melbourne |
| Tertiary Classification: | public gardens |
| Inscriptions: | Hand written in blue ink on a peach label attached to previous plastic sleeve housing: '11' 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: '43049 / WOODBURY, Walter B. / 11679 / Cremorne Gardens, nr. Melbourne, 1858' |
| Format: | Photograph: Black & White |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1853-1858 |
| Printer: | Royal Photographic Society, Bath, Somerset, England |
| Photographer: | Walter Woodbury, England |
| Date Printed: | 1984 |
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