Guide to the Letters of Walter Bently Woodbury (as filmed by the AJCP), 30 January 1852-01 September 1858

Summary

Collection number:

M1952

Creator:

Woodbury, Walter Bentley

Extent:

18 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Citation items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Letters written from Australia and Java, to his mother Ellen Woodbury (later Ellen Lloyd). They contain news of life in Australia, gold diggings in Victoria, establishment of photographic business in Melbourne, travels in Java, and photographs of East Indies.

Biographical / Historical:

Walter Bentley Woodbury (1834-1885). Born in Manchester, brought up by his grandfather, Walter Woodbury, a well-known naturalist. Acquired an interest in mechanical printing at works of James and Sydney Waterlow. Emigrated to Australia on Serampore in 1852 and established his own photographic business in Melbourne in 1855. In 1857 he went to Java and achieved increasing success as a photographer. In 1862 he returned to England and settled in Birmingham. In 1866 he invented the 'Woodbury type', the most beautiful photo-mechanical process ever produced. He was the first photographer granted the privilege of photographing the works of the Old Masters in the art galleries of Europe.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2288108]. as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Originally held at the Royal Photographic Society, Bath, England.

Now held by the Victoria Albert Museum. For more information see Victoria Albert Museum catalogue (https://collections.vam.ac.uk/).

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Citation items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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