Cyril H. Collis - exhibition colour photography and medal, 1934-1936

PXE 903
R 940

fonds

1934-1936

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Medals

423889

Photographs - 4 tricolor carbro prints
Objects - 1 bronze medal - 5 cm. diam., in box 8 x 7.5 cm.

Photographs

PXE 903/nos. 1 & 1a
No.1 Class "C". Sunlight and leaves, C.H. Collis, 1934. Leaves of the "Rus" tree photographed against the light. Outside the window are green lawns and trees, the colour of which is reflected in the glass. Exhibited at The Victorian (Australian) Salon of Photography, 1934.
20.4 x 15.7 cm., on mount 40.7 x 30.4 cm.

PXE 903/nos. 2 & 2a
No.2 Class "C". Many a happy hour, C.H. Collis, 27/3/34. Taken by artificial light using ordinary gasfilled lamps. The wood of the bookcase is Tasmanian blackwood. Exhibited at The Victorian (Australian) Salon of Photography, 1934.
20.9 x 17.2 cm., on mount 40.6 x 30.4 cm.

PXE 903/nos. 3-4
No.1 Opal, C.H. Collis (photograph of two opals in a presentation case. The opals were presented to H.R.H. Duke of Gloucester). Exhibited in: Tenth Annual Kodak International Salon, held in Harrow, November, 1935; Victorian Salon of Photography, 1936 (Australia); Adelaide Camera Club, Centennial Exhibition of Photography, 1936.
25.2 x 20.2 cm., on mount 40.6 x 30.5 cm.
Another unmounted copy 24.4 x 22.8 cm.

Object

R 940
"Victorian Salon of Photography [Medal] / Melbourne Centenary 1934"
"Stokes" (obverse) "awarded to Cyril H. Collis" (reverse)

Access via appointment - Applies to R 940

"This photograph is a trichrome carbro, and no hand colouring has been done other than the normal amount of spotting that would be done on an ordinary black and white print. The negatives of this photograph were made on a roll of panchromatic film size 4 1/4" x 3 1/4"." -- Note by C.H. Collis, on two of the photographs.
Trichrome or tricolor carbro prints: "Photographic prints made from color separation negatives printed as three bromide prints, each of which is then pressed against a sensitized carbon tissue of the appropriate color. The tissues are then superimposed to create the final color photograph. Chiefly used ca. 1900-1930s." -- Reference: Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II: Genre and Physical Characteristic Terms (TGM II) / Compiled by Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. (Internet 5/2003)

3 photographs signed "C.H. Collis" and 2 are dated