• Title
  Charles Henry Woolcott, Town Clerk, Sydney, between April 1857-1860 / photographer Freeman
• Creator
  Freeman Brothers
• Call number
  P1/2000
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  between April 1857-1860
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  901758
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 photographic print - albumen, on paper - photograph 14 x 11 cm, mount 27.8 x 20.9 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Charles Woolcott joined the Municipal Council as a clerk to the city treasurer in 1843. He held various positions, including draughtsman to the city surveyor and secretary to the Mayor before becoming assistant town clerk to John Rae. After serving as secretary to the City Commissioners from 1853, he became town clerk in 1857. After serving a record of 44 years, he resigned in March 1887. He died in 1905
  
  Reference:
  Links in the chain. City of Sydney website. http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/ (accessed August 5, 2010)
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Created before 1955
• General note
  
  Transferred from P1/Woolcott, Charles H. (BM), August 2010
  Digital order no:a4366100
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Woolcott Charles H. -- in pencil below the portrait
• Attributions / conjectures
  
  Attributed to Freeman Brothers by comparing the tablecloth with that in the portrait: Sir William Denison, 1859 / studio portrait by Freeman Brothers (P1/463)
• Date note
  
  Dated by the Curator of Photographs, August 2010
• Name
  Woolcott, Charles Henry, 1821-1905
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  portraits
  public servants
  councillors
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
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