At Watson’s Bay / published by J.R. Clarke

SPF/3637

fonds

1872

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9651092

1 photographic print - albumen, on card mount - mount 7 x 11 cm (carte de visite format)

Alexander Brodie (approximately 1829-1894) was a professional photographer who owned a photography studio in Sydney in the 1870s. In 1872, J.R. Clarke published Brodie's photographs of the city, suburbs and harbour of Sydney.

Jacob Richard Clarke (1822-1893) was a music publisher and bookseller from Taunton, Somerset, England and settled in Sydney around 1853. Clarke provided a display of photographs at the opening of the Sydney General Post Office in 1874 and published a series of carte-de-visite-sized views of Sydney around the same time.

References:
"Alexander Brodie b.c. 1829." Design & Art Australia Online. Accessed 27 July 2021. https://www.daao.org.au/bio/version_history/alexander-brodie/biography/
Lea-Scarlett, E.J. "Clarke, Jacob Richard (1822-1893)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Accessed 27 July 2021. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/clarke-jacob-richard-3223

View of Watsons Bay, Sydney looking north-west across the headland from Signal Hill. Old South Head Road is located in the middle ground of the photograph with St Anthony's Catholic Church situated on the far left. Properties can be seen on the right.

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

Title sourced from caption on verso of the item.

"Photographic illustrations of Sydney. / The streets, public buildings, views in the harbour, Botanic Gardens, suburbs, &c. / At Watson's Bay. / Published by J.R. Clarke. Book, print and music seller, depot for photographs, 23, Hunter Street, Sydney." on verso.

Photograph attributed to Alexander Brodie.