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Unattributed photographs from the Tyrrell Collection

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These photographic negatives were taken by an un-attributed photographers between the late nineteenth century and 1935 and are part of a larger collection of 7,900 negatives once owned by Sydney bookseller, James Tyrrell.

Included in this section of the collection is a wide variety of subject matter including Sydney Streets, New South Wales landscapes, World War I portraits and images of the Harbour Bridge from the early 1930s. While many of these images remain un-attributed at present it is likely that some were taken by Charles Kerry and Henry King and were either copied by Tyrrell or one of these photographers at a later date.

Some of the photographs from Papua New Guinea appear to have been taken by Reverend Lawes and these may have been a part of the selection acquired by King in the 1890s. David Millar in his book on Charles Kerry also comments on how Tyrrell's purchase from Kerry contained a number of World War I portraits and these seem likely to be the ones in this part of the Tyrrell collection.

However other photographs, like those of Sydney Harbour Bridge, were taken after both Kerry and King had died and must have been later acquisitions by either Tyrrell or Australian Consolidated Press.

Geoff Barker, Curatorial, December, 2008

Parts of this object

85/1286-875 Glass plate negative, half plate, 'Man working in an office', unattributed studio, Sydney, Australia, c. 1880-1923
Glass plate negative, half plate, 'Man working in an office', unattributed studio, Sydney, Australia, c. 1880-1923
c 1880-1923
85/1286-1911 Glass half plate negative, depicting the Hamburg-Amerika Line's SS 'Chemnitz' passing Bennelong Point, Sydney, glass, unattributed photograph, part of Tyrrell Collection, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1932-1935
Glass plate negative of Hamburg-Amerika Line's SS 'Chemnitz' passing Bennelong Point, Sydney, 1932-1935
1932-1935
85/1286-1910 Glass half plate negative, depicting a Swedish Australia Line motor ship passing Bennelong Point, Sydney, glass, unattributed photograph, part of Tyrrell Collection, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1928-1942
Glass plate negative of a Swedish Australia Line motor ship passing Bennelong Point, Sydney, 1928-1942
1928-1942
85/1286-1914 Glass half plate negative, depicting the Swedish Australia line's motor ship 'Yngaren' passing Bennelong Point, Sydney Harbour, glass, unattributed photograph, part of Tyrrell Collection, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1932
Glass plate negative depicting the Swedish Australia line's motor ship 'Yngaren' passing Bennelong Point, Sydney Harbour, 1932
1932
85/1286-1643 Glass plate negative, depicting Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ocean RMS 'Strathaird' passing under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, glass, unattributed photographer, part of Tyrrell Collection, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1932
Glass plate negative of P&O's ocean liner, RMS 'Strathaird', passing under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932
1932
85/1286-1742 Glass plate negative, half plate, depicting a steam vehicular punt on the Clyde River, Bateman's Bay, New South Wales, glass, unattributed photographer, part of the Tyrrell Collection, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1930s
Glass plate negative of a steam vehicular punt on the Clyde River, Bateman's Bay, NSW, 1930s
1930s
85/1286-1906 Glass half plate negative, depicting the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's branch liner SS 'Bendigo' and several ferries on Sydney Harbour, glass, unattributed photograph, part of Tyrrell Collection, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1928-1934
Glass plate negative of P&O branch liner SS 'Bendigo' and several ferries on Sydney Harbour, 1928-1934
85/1286-1554 Glass plate negative, half plate, depicting Mosman Bay, Sydney, with ferry 'Kurraba' at the wharf, glass, unattributed photograph, part of the Tyrrell Collection, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c.1910
Glass plate negative of Mosman Bay, Sydney, with ferry Kurraba at the wharf, c.1910
c. 1910
85/1286-1908 Glass half plate negative, depicting a German freighter passing under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, glass, unattributed photograph, part of Tyrrell Collection, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, late 1931
Glass plate negative of a German freighter passing under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, late 1931
1931
85/1286-2016 Glass plate negative, half plate, depicting Port Line freighter passing under the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932, silver gelatin / glass, unattributed photographer, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1932
Glass plate negative, half plate, depicting Port Line freighter passing under the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932, silver gelatin / glass, unattributed photographer, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1932
85/1286-1909 Glass half plate negative, depicting the Japanese freighter 'Brisbane Maru' and ferries passing under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, glass, unattributed photograph, part of Tyrrell Collection, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, late 1931
Glass plate negative of Japanese freighter, 'Brisbane Maru', passing under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, late 1931
1931
85/1286-1913 Glass half plate negative, depicting the Dutch motor ship 'Djambi' passing under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, glass, unattributed photograph, part of Tyrrell Collection, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1932
Glass plate negative depicting the Dutch motor ship, 'Djambi', passing under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1932
1932
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Summary

Object No.

85/1286

Object Statement

Negatives, various subjects, silver gelatin / glass, published by unattributed studios, part of the Tyrrell collection, New South Wales and Queensland, Australia, 1890-1917

Physical Description

Negatives, various subjects, silver gelatin / glass, published by unattributed studios, part of the Tyrrell collection, New South Wales and Queensland, Australia, 1890-1917

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Production

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Notes

The Tyrrell Collection of glass plate negatives includes images from Charles Kerry and Henry King's studios. Charles Kerry's studio operated from 1884-1917 and Henry King's studio operated from 1880-1923

History

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Notes

These 795 un-attributed photographs are part of a larger collection of 7,900 negatives once owned by Sydney bookseller James Tyrrell. Also included in the Powerhouse Museum's Tyrrell collection are around 2900 photographs published by the famous Australian studio of Kerry & Co. (85/1284) and around 1300 glass plates by the Sydney based photographer Henry King (85/1285).

While these images remain un-attributed at present it is likely that some of them were in fact part of the Charles Kerry and Henry King collections purchased by Tyrrell around 1929. There is a series of World War I portraits which have the names of the soldiers etched onto the negative but which are not credited to any particular studio but which may have been taken by Kerry & Co. studio.

Amongst this group are photographs of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, taken after both Kerry and King had died, and acquired at a later date either by Tyrrell or somehow included in the material from Australian Consolidated Press.

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.

In 1980 the collection was purchased by Australian Consolidated Press who published a limited series of 2000 contact prints from the collection. 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, and of these 493 glass plates were damaged but usable, 13 plates totally broken.

Source

Credit Line

Gift of Australian Consolidated Press under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme, 1985

Acquisition Date

19 July 1985

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