The cabinet portfolio: Queensland scenery
Scope and Contents
A commercially produced portfolio containing twelve prints, each 130 x 105 mm, mounted on card with printed captions, showing scenes in and around Brisbane. Photographer and publisher George P Wright, James Street, Valley, Brisbane.
Dates
- Creation: 1875 - 1880
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
George Parkinson Wright was a commercial photographer active in Queensland, Australia in the 1870s and 80s. Wright had studios at: Fortitude Valley 1874-1878; Creek Street, Brisbane 1878-1881; 162 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane 1882; Roma Street, Brisbane 1883 (Davies and Stanbury 1985, p.256).
Extent
12 item(s) (12 images)
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Copies
This collection is available on microfiche: Australasia, fiche number 20.
Bibliography
General
This collection level description was entered by WS using information from the original typescript catalogue.
Originator(s)
Wright, George Parkinson, fl 1874-1883, photographer
- Date
- 2006-08-02 15:31:44+00:00
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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