Arthur Ford photographs of cattle drovers in New South Wales

PXA 7732

fonds

before 14 February 1921

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9677605

2 photographic prints - silver gelatin - 26 x 31 cm and smaller

Arthur William Christopher Ford was born on 26 November 1889 in Sydney and was apprenticed as a clerk in the Government Printing Office in 1902 and worked there until 1953, for many years as overseer of the Photographic Branch. His photographs were exhibited from about 1912 both locally and internationally and, in 1917, he joined the Sydney Camera Circle. He died on 1 September 1965.

Source:
The Sydney Camera Circle. "Arthur William Christopher Ford". Accessed 9 February 2024. https://www.siep.org.au/General/Sydney_Camera_Circle_Ford.html

Exhibited by the Sydney Camera Circle at the Kodak Salon, Sydney, 14 to 28 February 1921. Previously sold on eBay before being acquired by the vendor.

Two silver gelatin photographic prints of cattle drovers taken by Arthur Ford.

1. A drover on horseback herding cattle amongst trees, captioned on recto in lower left corner "Glen Innes-Grafton" and annotated on verso "Cattle droving near Grafton N.S.W".

2. Three drovers and five horses watering at a river or lake with a herd of sheep in the background, annotated on verso "Drovers N.S.W.". This photo was published in The Queenslander, 15 January 1927, captioned "Droving sheep in Burragorang Valley".

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

Photograph of drovers in Burragorang Valley named as "The Spell" in the Daily Telegraph, 15 February 1921.

One print annotated on verso "Arthur Ford" and the other print annotated on verso "A Ford".

Date based on newspaper references to one of the two photographs being published in February 1921 and the other likely being taken in the 1920s or 1930s.