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COLONIAL EMPIRE, glass negative
Photograph of a painting by W. Edgar showing a bow view of the four masted barque COLONIAL EMPIRE and tug passing Sydney Head, 1905.
Broken glass negative.
COLONIAL EMPIRE. Built 1902 by John Reid & Co. Ltd., Glasgow, for the Empire Line (George Duncan & Co) London. She ran aground and was wrecked at Thunderbolt Reef, Algoa Bay, South Africa, in September 1917 while carrying kerosene for the Anglo-American Oil Company.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/810
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Edgar, W
Date: 20th century, mid –
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 120
Width
(mm): 108
Techniques
gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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