Distant view of Kew Asylum (now Willsmere Hospital) showing the grounds, Melbourne, Australia

People:

Charles Rudd (photographer)
Connolly Norman (architect)

Title:

Distant view of Kew Asylum (now Willsmere Hospital) showing the grounds, Melbourne, Australia

Date:

1870s-1900

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp. (top corners rounded; irreg.): 13.3 x 19.9 cm (5 1/4 x 7 13/16 in.) secondary support: 19.3 x 23 cm (7 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 13.9 x 20.9 cm (5 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)

Reference number:

PH1981:0397:022

Point of View:

distant view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- This photograph has a thin black line around the composition on the secondary support.

Inscription:

imprinted - in black ink, on the secondary support, u.l. to u.r.: "C. RUDD'S NEW VIEWS OF MELBOURNE & SUBURBS."; l.l.: "C. RUDD. PHOTO. ARTIST"; l.r.: "151 (Late 162) BOURKE STREET EAST, MELBOURNE."; l.l. to l.r.: "The Registrar-General and Titles Offices, Queen Street." [crossed out in brown pencil]; and l.l.: "Photographed on Baker's "AUSTRAL" Plates." [in italics] inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in the image, l.l.: with title and "C. RUDD PHOTO 209"

Location:

Melbourne; Victoria; Australia;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

gardens
driveways
asylum

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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