Hobart Town, looking south [and] Hobart Town, from the harbour. A pair of two-part panoramas, 1876-1881.

A$900 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Two photographic panoramas mounted on three leaves removed from a mid-19th century album. Approximate dating based on the fact that in one of the prints the lantern tower is missing from St. Mary s Cathedral (the tower was removed in 1876 and the cathedral was closed until 1881). I. Hobart Town looking south / Tasmania . [View of Hobart from Lime Kiln Hill]. Two albumen print photographs, in identical format 180 x 210 mm; the first (the left-hand half of the panorama) is mounted verso of leaf [2], and the second (the right-hand half of the panorama) is mounted recto of leaf [3]; both views are taken from the same vantage point, and together provide an almost uninterrupted 180-degree view. Mounts with captions in ink repeated beneath each image. II. Hobart Town from harbour . [View of Hobart looking northwest towards Salamanca Wharf]. Two albumen print photographs, in identical format 180 x 210 mm; the first (the left-hand half of the panorama) is mounted recto of leaf [2], and the second (the right-hand half of the panorama) is mounted verso of leaf [1]; these views are contiguous and form a panoramic view of the Hobart foreshore, with ships riding at anchor. Mounts with captions in ink repeated beneath each image. Condition: All four prints are strong images with excellent tonal range, in good condition with a tolerable amount of light wrinkling and some edge fading. They are mounted at each corner with the original album compiler s strips of double-sided tape (1870s date);

• Binding: Hardcover

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