Panorama of Sydney from a balloon, 1904 / photographed by Melvin Vaniman

XV1A/N.SYD/5

fonds

1904

Graphic Materials, Photographs

457768

Photographs - 1 platinum photoprint - 30 x 116.5 cm.

Caption from "A Different Perspective" exhibition. Vaniman struggled to find a suitable elevated viewpoint to record the city and began experimenting in October 1903 with a balloon imported from America. He had to wait until a clear day without factory smoke and no wind. The balloon was tethered 180 metres above Dr John Hay's house at 'the Crow's Nest' [North Sydney]
Pictures Card Catalogue has title as 'Panoramic view of Sydney from North Sydney'
Panorama cut in four has been trimmed, has no signature and lacks the photographer imprint that other Vaniman prints have.
Other prints: DL Pg 43 ; XV1A/N.SYD/4 ; XV1A/N.SYD/6 ; XV1A/N.SYD/9 ; XV1A/N.SYD/10 ; XV1A/N.SYD/11