Photographs relating to the Richard Jones family, ca.1855-1900

PXB 490
MIN 445

fonds

ca.1855-1900

Graphic Materials, Photographs

913488

6 photographs and one page of textual information (typescript) - 4 carte-de-visite photographs and two silver gelatin photoprint
1 photograph - 8.8 x 7 cm. (view); 12 x 9.5 cm. (case) - ambrotype, hand-tinted, in original leather blind-embossed case (no cover)

Mrs Richard Jones, the wife of the early Sydney merchant was Mrs Smith's [donor's] great-great-aunt -- information supplied by donor on ML file

PXB 490
1. Lady Clementina [i.e. Diamantina] Bowen, wife of Governor of Qld. Carte-de-visite by J. Watson, photographer, Queen Street, Brisbane
2. Governor Blackall, Governor of Q'land (in the 70's). Carte-de-visite by Marquis, photographer, George Street, Brisbane
3. Sir Maurice O'Connell. Carte-de-visite by Albert Lomer, artist photographer, Queen Street, Brisbane
4. Eva Jones, daughter of Fanny Sophia Jones and so granddaughter of Richard Jones the merchant. Carte-de-visite by Metcalfe & Glaister, photographic artists, Queen St, Brisbane
5a-c.
a. Mrs. Marian Younger (nee Peterson). Silver gelatin photoprint. Studio portrait by Freeman, 918 George St Sydney; b. fragment of photograph mount blind-stamped with Freeman, Sydney crest; c. typescript page of Marian Younger's family history, supplied by donor
6. Mary Louisa Jones (nee Peterson) [silver gelatin copy print of original "owned by Iris Bancroft, 1980"]

MIN 445
Ambrotype, possibly Mrs Richard Jones or her sister, ca.1861-1865. Pressed metal border is blind-stamped "Glaister" at lower right.
Accompanied by handwritten card containing family history information supplied by donor.

Access via appointment - Applies to MIN 445

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Information provided by donor. PXB 490/1 inscribed "Lady Clementina Bowen" on verso (i.e. Diamantina). PXB 490/1 and 2 inscribed "(in the 70's)" on verso; Bowen was Governor 1858-1868; Governor Blackall died in office in 1871.

Information transferred from pictures accessions register as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

Presented together with a letter from Louisa Mackenzie, the wife of Sir Robert Ramsay Mackenzie, to her cousin Elizabeth, with watermark date 1858 and written from Kinelland, Brisbane River Valley. The letter was in turn given by the Mitchell Library to the John Oxley Library at the State Library of Queensland; a xerox copy was kept by the Mitchell Library and is filed at ML DOC 1635.

Transferred from Pic.Acc.1878 as part of the eRecords Project, September 2011

The ambrotype at MIN 445 was identified by the donor as possibly Mrs Richard Jones or her sister.