825772
- TitleGlass plate negatives forming part of the panorama of Sydney Harbour and its suburbs taken from the tower of Holtermann's residence in St Leonards
- Call numberXR 45a
XR 45b
XR 46 - Level of descriptionfile
- Date
1875 - Type of material
- Reference code825772
- Issue CopyDigitised
- Physical Description3 negatives - 160 x 96.5 cm or smaller - glass
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
These three glass plate negatives form part of a set of four large wet plate negatives that constituted a panorama of Sydney Harbour and suburbs.
Intended for display at International Exhibitions they were made by the professional photographer Charles Bayliss with the help of Bernhardt Holtermann, and taken from Holtermann’s purpose-built camera in the tower of his mansion in North Sydney.
Two were 160 x 96.5 cm (5.1 ft x 3.08 ft) and formed a panorama of Sydney Harbour from Garden Island to Millers Point. The other two were 136 x 95 cm (4.4 x 3.1 feet) and were of the Harbour Lavender Bay and Fort Macquarie and Berry’s Bay and Goat Island.
References:
Wikipedia. "Holtermann collection". Last modified October 3, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holtermann_collection
"The Largest Photographs in the World", Illawarra Mercury, November 5, 1875, p. 4
Crombie, Isobel. 1985. The Holtermann panorama : Sydney in 1875, Australian National Gallery Canberra, PXD 533/no. 451 - Scope and ContentThree large collodion wet plate negatives from the Holtermann panorama of Sydney Harbour and its suburbs by Bernard Otto Holtermann and his assistant Charles Bayliss
XR 45a
View of Sydney Harbour from Pyrmont, Goat Island to Mort Bay, 1875
Includes positive and negative image
1.35 x 0.9 metres
XR 45b
View of Sydney Harbour and Lavender Bay from Garden Island to Bennelong Point and Government House, with St Leonards Public School in the foreground, 1875
Includes positive and negative image
1.35 x 0.9 metres
XR 46
View of Sydney Harbour and Lavender Bay from Garden Island to Circular Quay, with St Leonards Public School in the foreground, 1875.
151.7cm x 96.5cm
Includes a copy negative, reconstructed negative, digitally restored image by UTS, positive and negative images
1.60 x 0.9 metres - Access Conditions
Access via appointment - Copying ConditionsOut of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - Finding AidsContent lists for Holtermann Collection: content-lists.sl.nsw.gov.au/tabular-list/holtermann-collection-index-parts
- General note
These items are listed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, as 'Giant Glass Plate Negatives of Sydney Harbour'.
35 mm negative copies available at: ONCY 25: Box 55 (i,ii, iii)
5 x 4 inch negative copies available at: FM2/1424-FM2/1426
These three images are believed to form part of a panorama of Sydney Harbour, this is unconfirmed as a middle section appears to be missing. See Also items PXA 4999/Box 61 nos. A-J for panorama of a similar view.
Copy Prints available at PXA 4999/Box 55 (i, ii, iii)
Digital order no:Album ID : 997103 - Conservation note
XR 46 was broken in 1980; the copy at FM2/1426 was taken before it broke.
The broken negative was reassembled by the Collection Care Branch in 2016 and digitised.
The Library also collaborated with University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Big Global Data Technologies Centre to create a reconstructed digital image using artificial intelligence mapping techniques.
The silver gelatin copy print is held at ML 849. The contact print has been coloured to resemble an albumen print. - Creator/Author/Artist
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