Summary
Carte de Visite of Harriett Sarah Gatehouse and Silas Crocker in Hobart in 1884 from a photograph album containing one cabinet card, six cabinet photographs, ninety one 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 Harriett Sarah Gatehouse, age 16, and Silas Crocker, age 25.
Physical Description
Carte de visite featuring an albumen photograph on cream card with brown text.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences (Powerhouse Museum), 04 Jun 1990
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Place & Date Created
Liverpool Street, Hobart, Greater Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1884
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Photographer
Alfred Winter, Liverpool Street, Hobart, Greater Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Printer
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Individuals Identified
Gatehouse, Harriett Sarah; Gatehouse, Silas Crocker
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Format
Photograph, Monochrome
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Inscriptions
Printed in brown ink on card below photograph: 'ALFRED WINTER. / HOBART' Printed in brown ink on the back of card: 'BY APPOINTMENT / TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE / GOVERNOR / Alfred Winter / Photographer / LIVERPOOL STREET / HOBART / TASMANIA / A LARGE VARIETY OF TASMANIAN VIEWS. / Marion, Imp. Paris' Hand written in black ink on the back of card: 'Silas, Crocker, / 25 yrs age / Harriett, Sarah, 16 yrs age / 1884'
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
63 mm (Width), 103 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Albumen Photographs, Cartes de Visites, Families, People, Photographic Studios, Photography, Portraits