Summary
One of seventy six photographs in a photograph album. Twenty-three photographs are of the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880. The other forty-nine photographs are from 'Frith's Series'. These large-format images were taken by British photographer Francis Frith or members of his staff, of Gibraltar, and villages and towns in Britain.
Description of Content
View of the Auberge de Castille, Malta. Photograph by Francis Frith, circa 1870.
Physical Description
Albumen photograph mounted on buff-coloured card in red, cloth-covered, photograph album with decorative gold tooled border and gold tooled lettering in centre of front cover.
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Acquisition Information
Purchase
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Format
Photograph, Monochrome
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Inscriptions
Written inside the front cover of album: 'W.W.Scott/ c/o Horticultural Press/ 78A Victoria Street/ Melbourne C1/ Box 1944/ Phone F2656/ [illegible]; Sold by G.W.Harris, Donolly Victoria.' Embossed on photograph at bottom left corner: 'FRITH'S/SERIES' Printed on photograph at bottom edge: '1981 THE AUBERGE DE CASTILLE'
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
210 mm (Width), 158 mm (Height)
Dimensions of photograph only
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
280 mm (Width), 360 mm (Height)
Overall dimensions of album [portrait orientation]
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Keywords
Art, Forts, Photographic Studios, Photography, Public Institutions, Townships
