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Title
The Grose, 1875 / photographed by Joseph Bischoff
Creator
Joseph Bischoff, 1832?-1903
Call number
V/298
Level of description
fonds
Date

1875
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Photographs
Reference code
1344533
Physical Description
1 photograph - albumen - 35.5 x 28 cm (image).
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

In 1875, German-born photographer Joseph Bischoff and Tasmanian artist William Piguenit accompanied Frederick Eccleston Du Faur, Chief Draftsman in the Crown Lands Office, on an artist's camp into the Grose Valley.

Source:
Library file.
Scope and Content
One photograph of the Grose Valley, Blue Mountains, N.S.W., showing rocky base of the valley, with river and two male figures in the foreground.

Image measures 35.5 x 28 cm, mounted on stiff paper, measuring 48 x 37 cm. Titled 'The Grose' below the image, numbered '21' in top right corner.
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Published Information
Published in 'Shades of light : photography and Australia 1839-1988 / Gael Newton ; with essays by Helen Ennis and Chris Long and assistance from Isobel Crombie and Kate Davidson'. Canberra : Australian National Gallery, 1988, p. 57.
Subject
Photography--New South Wales--19th century.
Blue Mountains (N.S.W. : Mountains)--Pictorial works.
Topic
mountains
river valleys
valleys
rocks (landscape)
bush
hiking
Place
Grose Valley (N.S.W.)
Blue Mountains Region (N.S.W.)

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