COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL022454tr
Reference Number:
JA/33/1/1
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Sydney Royal Mint
Alternative Image Title:
Jevons album
Series Title:
Photographs, portraits and related items
Parent Work Title:
Album 'commenced Nov. 26th 1857'
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Australian photographs taken or collected by William Stanley Jevons
Creator:
Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882
Creator Role:
Photographer
Date Created:
1858-03-08
Page/Sheet:
Print 54
Image Sequence Number:
054
Description:
Print 54: Coining department of the S.R. Mint (Sydney Royal Mint) showing the Rolling mills, Tapering Machine, Drag bench, Cutting-Out Presses etc. The photograph is in a collection of photographs of Australia, taken or compiled by William Stanley Jevons during the 1850s. Between 1854-1859 Jevons was employed as assayer at the Sydney mint and also carried out detailed social surveys of the city's slums.
Subject:
Mints
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Australia: New South Wales: Sydney
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
Australia: New South Wales: Sydney
People Covered:
Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882
Item Height:
138 mm
Item Width:
180 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
P. McNiven, `Handlist of the Jevons Archives in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, vol. 66 (1983-4), pp. 213-55
Multi Page Number:
80
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, January 2006
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2006-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Sydney Royal Mint
