H.M.A.S. Brisbane, 1915-1916 / photographers unknown

PXD 1105

fonds

1915-1916

Graphic Materials, Photographs

955904

3 photographic prints - panel, gelatin silver (one with framer's backing board) - image 30.4 x 38.2 cm, mount 47.9 x 61 cm or smaller

For a history of HMAS Brisbane (I), see: Royal Australian Navy website. http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Brisbane_(I) (accessed February 1, 2012)

1. HMAS Brisbane launched by Mrs Andrew Fisher, 30 September 1915

2. HMAS Brisbane built at C.N.D. Cockatoo Is[land], launched 30th Sept[ember] 1915, left for England 12th Dec[ember] 1916

3a. Unidentified Naval lieutenant in full dress, ca. 1915 (possibly A.A. Barnes)

3b. Backing board with label "E. Cross, the people's picture framer, opp. Masonic Hall, Stanley Street, Woolloongabba"

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

PXD 1105/nos 1-2 titled on the mount below the photograph

Portrait identified by the donor, who also had a brass plate, inscribed with "A.A. Barnes, Australian Navy", of the kind that would have been fixed to a trunk but which was not donated to the Library

Dated from launch of Brisbane 30 September 1915 to her leaving for England 12 December 1916