Summary
Glass negative depicting a built-up mallee fowl (malleefowl) mound.
The photographer was probably Dr Charles Snodgrass Ryan, although the image had previously been identified as taken by A.J. Campbell in preparation for his definitive work, 'Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds including the Geographical Distribution of the Species and Popular Observations Thereon', published by Pawson & Brailsford, Sheffield, England in 1900.
A.J. Campbell wrote that 'Since writing my observations on the Mallee Hen, Dr. C. S. Ryan has kindly showed me a photograph which he took of a mound partly opened, exposing the top portions of eight eggs. They form an irregular circle, and are apparently nearly all about the same plane.'
Dr Charles Snodgrass Ryan was the grand-son of orninithologist John Cotton, and like Cotton, 'Ryan was very interested in ornithology and photography.' (Ryan, ADB)
Description of Content
Bulit-up Mallee Fowl Mound.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin glass negative, half plate, landscape format
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Collecting Areas
Science & Measurement, Sustainable Futures, Images & Image Making
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Natural Science, Museum Victoria
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Glass Negative, Black & White
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References
Dr Charles Snodgrass Ryan, ADB, [Link 1] accessed 23/9/2024. Archibald James Campbell. Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds, including the Geographical Distribution of the Species and Popular Observations Thereon, Pawson & Brailsford, Sheffield, England, 1900, pp. 698-708.
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