Medical Congress Melbourne 1889
Maker
Johnstone, O'Shannessy and Co Limited (estab. 1865, closed 1905)
Date
1889
Description
Mounted sepia photograph of the doctors attending the Intercolonial Medical Congress in Melbourne, 1889. This photograph is a montage created from smaller individual portrait photographs, with hand-painted background. The photography studio which produced this photomontage was Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co. Ltd.
History of Object
This item was originally donated to the British Medical Association (which later became the Victorian Branch of the Australian Medical Association). The A.M.A. donated its historical collection of documents and artifacts to the University of Melbourne's Medical History Museum in 1994.
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Object detail
notations/inscriptions ▫ listed beneath image: delegate names
maker's mark ▫ recto, below list & inside border: on lhs, 'JOHNSTONE O'SHANNESSY & Co LTD PHOT.'; on rhs, 'MELBOURNE.'
verso, in red: 'L24'
owner's mark/inscriptions ▫ verso, by hand: 'Please return to:/Dr Bryan Gandevia/c/o British Medical Association/426 Albert St/East Melbourne./FB 3663'
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