Object No.
P3548-291Object 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, 1891-1900Physical 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.'