Johnston family - pictorial collection, ca. 1870-1897

PXA 571
ML 1058

fonds

ca. 1870-1897

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Drawings

52161

13 photographic prints - albumen
2 photographic prints - gelatin silver - 22 x 26 cm. or smaller
1 drawing - charcoal - 37.2 x 54 cm.

PXA 571
Photographs illustrate the Johnston family home, Annandale House and its back garden, family members, and the family vault at Annandale. Also includes a photograph of cleared land and railway station near Annandale ca. 1875.

ML 1058
Charcoal drawing shows Annandale House and its front garden. It is undated.

Access via appointment - ML 1058

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

PXA 571/1-13 can be dated to the 1870s by their photographic process.
The 2 silver gelatin bromide photographs of Fanny Johnston date between 1888, when this photographic process was introduced into Australia, and 1896 when Fanny Johnston died.

12 of the photographs are identified on reverse with inscriptions.
"Blanche Weston. Aged 91. Horsley November 28th. 1897." on reverse of photograph of Blanche Weston.

Dated by photographic processes and inscriptions.

Lost Gardens - Museum of Sydney (29 July - 13 December, 2008). Applies to: PXA 571 nos. 2, 8 ; ML 1058