Agnes Copeland by David Scott [carte de visite]

Photo details:

Title Agnes Copeland by David Scott Date 1879-80 Collection Georgina Auld nee Muir photo album Digital ID apc-000082 Photo Type Carte de visite Mount Size 64 x 105 mm Mount Thickness 0.625 mm Mount Colour White Mount Edges Straight Mount Corners Square Mount Border None Image Size 60 x 95 mm Technology Albumen Features Front Imprint Small lettering Back Imprint Large sized, text and script

Front face Rear face

Front face:

Agnes Copeland by David Scott (front face) [Auld Photograph Collection apc-000082-s1]

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Photographers imprint on the front face reads:

David Scott. Sydney.

Rear face:

Agnes Copeland by David Scott (rear face) [Auld Photograph Collection apc-000082-s2]

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Imprint on rear face is medium sized and includes both text and script. Inscription of the text reads as:

BY APPOINTMENT PHOTOGRAPHER TO H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, K.G.
Artist Photographer
140, PITT STREET,
SYDNEY,
Opposite Mort's Passage.
David Scott,
SUCCESSOR TO WILLIAM BRADLEY.
[top medal] AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
[bottom left medal] VICTORIA ... ALBERTUS ... MDCCCLI
[bottom right medal] ...CIS CONCORDI PACE LIGAVIT
MEDALS AWARDED LONDON & SYDNEY
Exhibitions.
Portraits in Crayon from Life or copied from Photographs
CASH ON DELIVERY.

See David Scott, 140 Pitt Street, Sydney [Photographers] for more information on when David Scott operated his photographic studio from 140 Pitt Street Sydney, As discussed in that post, the documentary evidence based solely on the information provided on the back imprint dates the photo between the twelve year period 1869-80.

Card Stock and Image Size:

The square corners on this carte de visite indicate a pre-1870 date, but the full image size was not used until 1874 and onwards. Based on this information we can refine the date range down to a seven year period 1874-80.

Additional annotations in album:

Written in the album next to the carte de visite are the words "Agnes Copeland"

Background research:

Additional background research undertaken by +Paul Cooper into the lives of the Goodlet and Copeland families has revealed that Agnes Copeland was born in December 1873. The photograph shows a child of approximately 6-8 years of age which would place the photograph between 1879 and 1881.

Taking into account all of the above information it is estimated that the photograph was taken in in the period 1879-1880.