Studio portrait of Friedrich Gerstäcker, approximately 1855 / Franz Hanfstaengl
- Bib ID:
- 8416667
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Hanfstaengl, Franz, 1804-1877, photographer
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. PIC Box 20930 #PIC/20930/1 copy
- Description:
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- between 1850 and 1859
- 1 photograph : carte de visite, albumen ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm
- Summary:
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Studio portrait of German author Friedrich Gerstäcker who visited Australia during the gold rush of the mid 1800s and wrote several adventure novels about Australia including 'Im Busch'.--Information from acquisitions documentation.
- Biography/History:
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Friedrich Gerstäcker, born 1816 in Hamburg Germany, was a writer and traveller. In 1849 Gerstäcker travelled from South America to the goldfields of California. In March 1851 he arrived in Sydney, New South Wales. Gerstäcker travelled to the German settlements in South Australia, but returned to Sydney and the Bathurst diggins in August during the first news of the gold strike. By 1852 Gerstäcker returned to Germany as an author and journalist, living in Leipzig, Gotha, Coburg, Dresden and Braunschweig.--Information from acquisitions documentation.
- Notes:
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- Title from acquisitions documentation.
- Inscriptions: "Gerstacker"--Below image.
- Condition: Yellowing.
- PIC Box 20930 #PIC/20930/1 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2818445620
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Robert Littlewood, 2020.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1859
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