• Title
  Walter Russell Hall [portrait] / with vignette drawn by Helena Forde, Sydney, 1874
• Call number
  ML 388
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  undated portrait [ca. 1885, probably a copy of an 1870s photograph]
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  433281
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 photograph - opalotype 15.5 x 11 cm., in oval gilt slip, 13.5 x 9.4 cm., in gilt picture frame, 37.5 x 31 cm. - opalotype, with toned silver gelatin surface, hand coloured
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  "Walter Russell Hall. Born at Kingston, Herefordshire, England. Arrived Sydney 14th February, 1852, afterwards moved to Victoria, attracted by the Ballarat gold rush. Subsequently became a partner in Cobb & Company and settled in Sydney. In 1884 he became interested in the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Limited, and two years later retired from Cobb & Company and left for a visit to England. He returned in 1888, became interested in various industries. Died at Sydney 13 October, 1911" -- From typescript label on reverse of frame.
  
  For further biographical details see the Australian dictionary of biography. Volume 9 : 1891-1939. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press, 1983
• Scope and Content
  Head-and-shoulders portrait with pen and ink vignette on matt, of Australian flora and fauna, koala with young, possum and swans.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Created before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Helena Scott, (Mrs Edward Forde), was a professional artist and natural science collector and illustrator.
  "Henry W. Callan & Son / Print Sellers and Dealers in the Work of Art, / Looking-glass / and / Picture Frame Manufacturers. ... / 318 George Street, Sydney" -- Label on reverse of frame
  Sydney picture frame maker, carver & gilder, Henry W. Callan & Son is listed at 318 George St., Sydney between 1885-1905
  Photograph dated by the Curator of Photographs, State Library of NSW, Feb 2004
  Labels on reverse of frame encapsulated in mylar, March 2004
  Digital order no:Album ID : 824193
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Helena Forde / Sydney - 1874 - at lower right of matt
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Henry W. Callan & Son
  Forde, Helena, 1832-1910
  
• Name
  Hall, Walter Russell, 1831-1911
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  businesspeople
  illustrations
  picture frames
  portraits
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Eye 4 photography
  Shot : 400 photographs, 200 photographers, 3 centuries
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1140007

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