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Paddle steamer 'General Gordon' on Hawkesbury River, NSW, during opening of the Hawkesbury River railway bridge, 1889
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85/1285-837Object Statement
Glass plate negative, entitled 'Peats Ferry, Hawkesbury River, N.S.W., May 1st 1889', depicting the paddle steamer 'General Gordon' during celebrations for the opening of the Hawkesbury River railway bridge, full plate, glass/silver gelatin, photograph by Henry King, Sydney, Australia, 1 May 1889Physical Description
Glass negative, full plate, 'Peats Ferry, Hawkesbury River, N.S.W., May 1st 1889', Henry King, Sydney, Australia, 1889.Silver gelatin dry plate glass negative in landscape format. The caption, studio number and studio mark are inscribed on the reverse of the negative.
47/45 Tyrrell Inventory Number, 1049 King Studio Number
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This negative is not fully catalogued.Short URL
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215 mmProduction
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Henry King became sole proprietor of a photographic studio in George Street in 1880. Henry King's studio closed around 1900 and Charles Kerry acquired some of his negatives.History
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This photograph is one of 1334 Henry King photographs which are also part of a larger collection of 7,900 negatives once owned by Sydney bookseller, James Tyrrell. After King's death in 1923 the studio collection of glass negatives was purchased by Tyrrell.
In addition to the Henry King images, the Tyrrell Collection at the Powerhouse Museum includes glass plate negatives published by Kerry & Co. Studio and a number of other negatives by unattributed photographers. James Tyrrell used the images by Kerry & Co. and Henry King to produce his own booklets and views of New South Wales but although full of iconic Australian images, the collection does not appear to have been fully utilised by Tyrrell.
The photographic collection acquired by Tyrrell was purchased by Australian Consolidated Press and its new owners almost immediately set about producing a limited series of complete sets of contact prints of the collection for libraries and museums in New South Wales. Housed in boxes copies of these were given to the State Library of New South Wales and the Macleay Museum at the University of Sydney.
In 1985 Australian Consolidated Press donated the collection to the Powerhouse Museum. The collection at this time consisted of 7,903 glass plate negatives and 7,916 contact positive prints. Of these 493 glass plates were damaged but usable and 13 plates totally broken.
Geoff Barker, Curatorial, December, 2008
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Gift of Australian Consolidated Press under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme, 1985Acquisition Date
18 July 1985Cite this Object
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