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Johann Christian Heussler Presentation Album

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Title
Johann Christian Heussler Presentation Album
Subject
Frontier and pioneer life--Australia
Queensland
Brisbane (Qld.)
Consuls
Photographs
Art objects, German
Category
1. Settlement
Author
Heussler, Johann Christian
Wirth, Louis Wilhelm Karl
Place
Brisbane
Current holder
State Library of Queensland
Date
January 1, 1897
Link
https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma99250293402061
https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE3358776
Series number
5478
Item number
9.92503E+13
Access rights
Digitised
Rights
Restricted access.
Country of origin
Australia
Language
German
Secondary languages
English
Description from source
1 album 280 x 390 x 70 mm [closed].
The album contains 80 photographs and five original watercolours by L W K Wirth. The first Wirth painting contains a dedication to Heussler. Album pages have been illustrated with botanical motifs framing the photographs. Photographs depict scenes of Brisbane, including buildings and people. Also photographs of Toowoomba, Nerang, Fassifern and district, Mackay, Laidley, Grantham, Nambour, Sampson Vale, Mount Morgan, Charleville, Engelsburg (Kalbar), Blackall Range, Coomera, Mount Cotton, Westbrook, Buderim Mountains, Roma, Mount Abundance, Wynum (Wynnum), Gatton, Glasshouse and Boonah.
The album is accompanied by its original mahogany box. Album is bound in morocco with silver corners and featuring the German crest surrounded with a wreath of oak leaves in the centre. The corner pieces feature the English, Dutch, Australian and German coats of arms. The album has a silver clasp and five studs on the lower board. Box of copy prints also available.
The collection also includes a box of individual copy print photographs of the album pages.
Physical format
Photographs
Drawing
Abstract
Each of the 80 photographs contain a description of the street, the buildings, the scenery, or the people in the photo in German. The five watercolours have a short description in English.
Related resources
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/6TCJZRPM/