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P3548-291 Photographic negative, rain clouds, glass / gelatin, photographed by James Short and Henry Chamberlain Russell, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1891-1900. Click to enlarge.
  • Image 1 of 2, P3548-291 Photographic negative, rain clouds, glass / gelatin, photographed by James Short and Henry Chamberlain Russell, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1891-1900. Click to enlarge
  • Image 2 of 2, P3548-291 Photographic negative, rain clouds, glass / gelatin, photographed by James Short and Henry Chamberlain Russell, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1891-1900. Click to enlarge

Rain Clouds

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Sometime around July 1891 Sydney Observatory received a new enlarging lens for the Sydney Observatory astrograph or star camera. This attachment, when combined enabled the observatory to take highly magnified images of double stars, the moon and other objects.

In 1890 H. C. Russell, the Government Astronomer, had made experiments using a Dallmeyer portrait lens and while proud of these photographs Russell felt the new lens combination enabled far more detail to be captured. After a series of …

This object is part of

P3548 Ilford negatives (824), astrographic plates, glass plates, acetate, glass / emulsion / paper / acetate, photographs by various staff at the Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1862-1965
'Mapping the Stars' 817 photographic negatives
1862-1965

Summary

Object No.

P3548-291

Object Statement

Photographic negative, rain clouds, glass / gelatin, photographed by James Short and Henry Chamberlain Russell, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1891-1900

Physical Description

Photographic negative, rain clouds, glass / gelatin, photographed by James Short and Henry Chamberlain Russell, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1891-1900
A photographic negative showing a clouded sky and the rooftops of Sydney taken from the view point of Sydney Observatory. The road leading up to the Observatory is shown and the roof of the astrograph house can be seen in the foreground of the image.

Marks

Handwritten on envelope originally housing the plate 'Rain clouds coming in from the sea. Earlier in the day it was a flat wall of nimbus. No chance of photographing it.'

Short URL

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Dimensions

Height

215 mm

Width

165 mm

Production

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Notes

The image was photographed by James Short and Henry Chamberlain Russell on 31st August 1891 at Sydney Observatory, Observatory Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Rain Clouds 2021, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 5 June 2023, <https://ma.as/328762>

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{{cite web |url=https://ma.as/328762 |title=Rain Clouds |author=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences |access-date=5 June 2023 |publisher=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Australia}}

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