Summary
Carte de visite depicting two unknown women taken in a studio by Bardwell & Beauchamp Photos, Ballarat. The image appears to date to the mid 1870s, suggested by the dress fringing, flat front and sloping bustle. The carte inscription refers to an exhibition in South Kensington in 1873-74.
From a photograph album containing one cabinet card, six cabinet photographs, 91 carte de visite photographs and two tintype photographs. The photographs are almost all studio portraits of men, women and children taken in various photographic studios in Ballarat, Melbourne, Hobart, Wagga Wagga, Cardiff and London between 1850 and 1900.
Description of Content
Studio portrait of two unknown young women.
Physical Description
Carte de visite featuring an albumen photograph on white card with gold text.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences (Powerhouse Museum), 04 Jun 1990
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Format
Photograph, Monochrome
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Inscriptions
Printed in gold ink below photograph: 'BARDWELL & BEAUCHAMP, / PHOTOS / BALLARAT.' Printed in gold ink on the back of card: 'BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT / Photographers / TO H.R.H THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH / AND HIS EXCELLENCY SIR GEORGE BOWEN / AWARDED / THE THREE FIRST PRIZE MEDALS AT THE / INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1872-3 / and the First Gold Medal from the / SOUTH KENSINGTON EXHIBITION 1873-4 / FOR / EXCELLENCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY / No. / COPIES MAY BE HELD BY FORWARDING NAME & NUMBER / Marion Imp. Paris / Bardwell & Beauchamp' Handwritten in black ink on the back of card: '30823'
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
63 mm (Width), 103 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Albumen Photographs, Cartes de Visites, People, Photographic Studios, Photography, Portraits, Rural Victoria