Guide to the R. R. Paton collection of photographs
PIC/3666
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2025
Collection Summary
- Title
- R. R. Paton collection of photographs
- Date Range
- [approximately between 1870 and 1889]
- Collection Number
- PIC/3666
- Extent
- 12 items 8 photographs : carte-de-visites; 10.5 x 6.5 cm or smaller. 3 photographs : cabinet cards; 17 x 11 cm or smaller. 1 sheet : black and white; 17.6 x 11.1 cm.
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Pictures)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Collection of 11 photographs taken in Melbourne and Sydney during the 1870s and 1880s. The photographs are mostly portraits taken by the following photographic studios and photographers: William Hall (1870 - 1886), D. Woods, American Photographic Company (Melbourne), The Photographic Studio (Sydney), Charles Nettleton, and Tattle and Company (Melbourne). The collection also includes a copy of the official death notice for James Thomson (d. 10 September 1881).
Conditions Governing Access
Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn10110785).
Conditions Governing Use
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Item Descriptions
[Portrait of an unknown woman, Melbourne, Victoria], [1866?] (Item PIC/3666/1) - Piece PIC Box PS 11912 #PIC/3666/1
Creator: Hall, William, active 1870-1886.
[Portrait of an unidentified woman, seated holding a book, Melbourne, Victoria], ca. 1870 (Item PIC/3666/2) - Piece PIC Box PS 11913 #PIC/3666/2
Creator: Woods, D.
[Unidentified woman standing at the front gate of a worker's cottage(?), Melbourne, Victoria, ca. 1870 (Item PIC/3666/3) - Piece PIC Box PS 11914 #PIC/3666/3
Creator: American Photographic Company's Office at A. Flegeltaub's, Melbourne.
Noted on verso: Mr Freedman.
Same image as PIC/3666/4.
[Unidentified woman standing at the front gate of a worker's cottage(?), Melbourne, Victoria, ca. 1870 (Item PIC/3666/4) - Piece PIC Box PS 11915 #PIC/3666/4
Creator: American Photographic Company's Office at A. Flegeltaub's, Melbourne.
Same image as PIC/3666/3.
[In memoriam: James Thomson, official of the Fitzroy Council, aged 58], 10 September 1881 (Item PIC/3666/5) - Piece PIC Box PS 11916 #PIC/3666/5
Notice from the Collingwood Observer dated 15th September 1881.
[Mine shaft showing headframe or winding tower and associated buildings, Victoria], ca. 1880 (Item PIC/3666/6) - Piece PIC Box PS 11917 #PIC/3666/6
[Portrait of an unidentified man, Sydney] [1], ca. 1880 (Item PIC/3666/7) - Piece PIC Box PS 11918 #PIC/3666/7
Creator: Scott, David, active 1857-1891.
[Portrait of an unidentified man, Sydney] [2], ca. 1880 (Item PIC/3666/8) - Piece PIC Box PS 11919 #PIC/3666/8
Creator: Scott, David, active 1857-1891.
[Portrait of an unidentified man, Melbourne], ca. 1880 (Item PIC/3666/9) - Piece PIC Box PS 11920 #PIC/3666/9
Creator: Nettleton, Charles, 1826-1902.
Same image as PIC/3666/10.
[Portrait of an unidentified man, Melbourne], ca. 1880 (Item PIC/3666/10) - Piece PIC Box PS 11921 #PIC/3666/10
Creator: Nettleton, Charles, 1826-1902.
Same image as PIC/3666/9.