Sir Alfred Stephen, 1885 / photograph by Slade

P3/221

fonds

1885

Graphic Materials, Photographs

442622

Photographs - 1 albumen photoprint mounted on card - 50.6 x 41.2 cm. (image) ; 62.5 x 50.3 (frame)

The man in this portrait is seated on a wooden bench with a book on his lap, a walking stick to one side, and an elaborate frame at his lower left.

This portrait was reproduced in half-tone as frontispiece for "Illustrated Sydney News, 27/9/1888" -- Reference: Faces of Australia : image, reality and the portrait / Richard Neville. Sydney : State Library of New South Wales Press, 1992.

Titled, dated, and attributed from handwritten text in pencil on the reverse, ""Sir Alfred Stephen (Taken in National Art Gallery) / Photo. - Slade 1885""
Across top of mount, ""W. Slade Photo 1885. Sir A. Stephen. Taken in National Art Gallery""

Faces of Australia: image, reality and the portrait. - State Library of New South Wales (25 May - 12 October, 1992)