Maull & Fox photographers (English; active 1879ff.) Portrait of Edward Jones Brewster Carbon print, 60 x 45 cm (mounted and framed) Presented by his widow 1901 State Library of Victoria (H5419) Brewster (c.1812-98) completed his law studies in Dublin in 1835, and was one of the first six barristers admitted to the Port Phillip bar in 1854
Unknown photographer/artist John Pascoe Fawkner Coloured photograph Acquired by 1894 This work, listed in both the 1894 and 1905 NGV catalogues, does not appear to be extant. None of the several older SLV images of Fawkner, by Batchelder & co. (c.1867) and others, appears to correspond – and many were acquired after 1894. Nor is there
Unknown photographer/s 24 views in Devon and Cornwall Presented by the Great Western Railway Company 1877 Location unknown These photos do not appear to be extant in either the NGV or SLV. The Great Western Railway Company was particularly famous for its later 19th and earlier 20th century posters, advertising the alleged delights of beach resorts in Devon
Unknown photographer/s 32 photographs of New Zealand scenery Purchased 1876 Location unknown The NGV’s Annual Report for 1876 provides only the description shown above, making identification difficult. However, these photos may well be identical with one or more collections of New Zealand views held in the SLV, including a group of 18 anonymous albumen silver photos
Unknown photographer/s Nine photographic Views of Grantham, Lincolnshire Presented by Richard Boyall, 1876 Location unknown Nothing seems to be known about the origin or whereabouts of these photos. The identity of the donor is also unclear, but the name Boyall crops up in a 19th century context in a recent local news story from Grantham (notable
Unknown photographer/s Roman monuments (Pantheon, Temple of Minerva and the Forum, St Peter’s) Photographs, sizes unknown Bequest of Alfred Felton, 1904 Like the photos of Rome presented by Dr Rowe – see * Unknown: Roman monuments (Colosseum etc.) {1875} Loc? [PH] – these works do not appear to be extant in either the NGV or SLV.
Roman monuments (Ancient ruins, Colosseum, St Peter’s) 3 photographs, sizes unknown Presented by Dr Rowe, 1875 Location unknown These photos, listed in the 1894 and 1905 NGV catalogues, no longer appear to be extant, although comparable older photographs are held in both the SLV and NGV. They were donated with a reproduction of Guido Reni’s