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No title (Young man with moustache), carte-de-visite
(1880s)
- Medium
- albumen silver photograph
- Measurements
- 7.2 × 5.0 cm (image) (oval)
- Inscription
- printed in red ink on support l.l.: MELBOURNE CENTRAL (Australian coat-of-arms) PHOTO COMPY.
printed in red ink on support reverse u.c.: ESTABLISHED 20 YEARS.
printed in red ink on support reverse c.: Photographed / by / E. Sands. /Manager / OF THE / MELBOURNE CENTREAL PHOTO Co / 55. BOURKE STREET EAST / Corner of Swanston Street. (of Swanston underlined)
printed in red ink and inscribed in ink on support reverse l.l.: No 6827 (o underlined) (.....under 6827)
printed in red ink on support reverse l.l.: Extra copies can always be obtained by sending / name & number, or this portrait can be enlarged / to life size beautifully finished from 25s - Accession Number
- PH150-1972
- Department
- Australian Photography
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of C. Stuart Tompins,1972
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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By the mid 1860s, photography had become more affordable and accessible to a broader section of society. As such, portraits taken at professional studios around Melbourne became hugely popular. Designed to be held in the hand, or housed in custom-made albums, carte-de-visites replaced the traditional calling cards left by visitors. Widely collected, they were often swapped between family members and friends, or posted back ‘home’ to England.
These unidentified portraits of smartly attired gentlemen invite many questions. Intriguing, and invaluable as a record of how people chose to present themselves, they are a tangible link between personal and cultural histories.
