• Title
  Looking W from my office window / taken by H. C. Russell, 1888 [from Sydney Observatory]
• Creator
  Henry Chamberlain Russell, 1836-1907
• Call number
  SPF/1001
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  1888
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  145671
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Photographs - 2 albumen photoprints - image 10.2 x 29 cm., on mount 19 x 32.5 cm.
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Henry Chamberlain Russell, astronomer and meteorologist, joined the staff of the Sydney Observatory in 1859. He was appointed Government Astronomer in 1870, a position he held for 35 years. -- The Australian encyclopaedia. Sydney : Grolier Society of Australia, 1965.
• Scope and Content
  Shows `Seaforth' &`Craig Terrace', Kent Street, Millers Point in left foreground. Looking across Darling Harbour toward (L to R) Pyrmont, Johnston's Bay, Balmain East & Parramatta River.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Created before 1955
• General note
  
  Another photograph (poor condition) held at SPF/1001a
  Digital order no:a325001
  This item has been catalogued and digitised under a project funded and supported by the State Library of New South Wales Foundation, 2001.
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  "Looking W from my office window" -- penned on reverse
  "1888, Taken by H. C. Russell" -- in pencil on reverse
• Topic
  harbours
  panoramic views
  city & town views
  
• Place
  Darling Harbour (N.S.W.)
  Millers Point (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE9579808

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