Custodian: University of Glasgow Library Special Collections

Reference: Dougan 104, item 25

Albumen print photograph by Charles Nettleton of view across lake to Arts and Law Buildings, University of Melbourne. Fine stone building in historic style. There is a man sitting in the grass beside the lake. Attractive composition with reflection in the lake. Appears to have been a problem with additional light getting to the glass plate with the marks on the lower left edge.

Photograph is from photograph albums dating from the 1870s, they contain over 70 images of south-eastern Australia, taken at a time of rapid economic and population growth. They document the rising cities of Sydney and Melbourne, the surrounding landscape and the expansion of railways between them.

The Dougan collection was purchased from Robert O’Dougan, the Librarian of Trinity College in 1953. The collection documents the development of photography from 1840s-early 20th cent.

View its on-line catalogue entry here.