Summary
Glass plate negative depicting three portraits of a woman, possibly taken by Melbourne photographer, Mr Robert Harvie.
Robert William Harvie was a professional photographer who, with his business partner Albert Sutcliffe, owned a photography studio named Harvie & Sutcliffe between 1898 and 1908, located in the Cromwell Buildings, 366a Bourke Street, corner of Bourke and Elizabeth Streets, Melbourne.
The Harvie Collection includes examples of Robert Harvie's private and professional photographic practice. A number of the photographs depict the family life of four generations of the Harvie family, including the Lang family.
The Harvie and Lang families had social significance in Melbourne through their active involvement in early Australian vegetarian movements, early moving film, photography and architecture, as well as various other cultural societies and clubs in Melbourne.
Description of Content
Three exposures of the portrait of a woman, from the waist up. In the left exposure she wears a hat and stares out the right of the frame. In the centre exposure she stares directly at the camera. In the right exposure she stares out the left of the frame and is turned side on with her back towards the camera. In all three exposures she wears a two toned dress with a decorative white lace collar.
Physical Description
Glass plate negative, black and white, landscape format. The glass negative is more matt, has a slightly different grain and less clarity than Mr Harvie's other images. See glass negative MM 043408
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Images & Image Making, Clothing & Textiles, Home & Community
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Place & Date Depicted
Australia, circa 1890 -1920
Originally the image was assigned an estimated date range circa 1920s-1940s, however, further research into the collection indicates a date range circa 1890s-1920s. The photograph appears to have been taken in a studio and therefore may have been taken in Mr Harvie's photography studio, Harvie & Sutcliffe, located in the Cromwell Buildings, 366a Bourke Street, Melbourne, however it is unclear if the photograph was taken at this address. -
Creator (Possible)
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Creator (Possible)
Harvie & Sutcliffe Studio, 366a Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1898 - 1908
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Format
Glass Negative, Quarter Plate, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Inscription hand written in black ink on white in top right hand corner: 'E.' Top right corner broken off negative after the inscription 'E.', presumably rest of inscription on missing corner.
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Image Dimensions - Negative/s
162 mm (Width), 118 mm (Height)
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