Charles Bayliss
(England, Australia 1850–1897)
- Title
- Pressing wool bales, from the album Collection of a country property, New South Wales
- Year
- 1886-1891
- Media category
- Photograph
- Materials used
- albumen photograph
- Dimensions
-
14.8 x 20.7cm image/sheet
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1984
- Accession number
- 149.1984.5
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
'Pressing wool bales' 1886-1891 shows the 'boss of the boards' in a typical pose of the shearing manager. The shearers in this photograph are the embodiment of hard masculine labour. It is an image which depicts social rank and was commissioned by the owner of the property. 'Pressing wool bales' ennobles the bushworker, a fundamental part of the great pastoral tradition in the nineteenth century.
- Bibliography (3)
-
Robert McFarlane (Australia, b.1942) (Author), Critic's Choice, Sydney, 1994. no catalogue numbers
'Arcadia: Nineteenth Century Australian Photography' by Robyn Donohue, pg. 22-23., Look Oct 1998, Oct 1998, 23.
Robyn Donohue (Australia) (Author), Arcadia - nineteenth century Australian photography, North Sydney, 1998, (illus.). no catalogue numbers
- Exhibition history (2)
-
Critic's Choice, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Apr 1994–10 Jul 1994.
Arcadia: nineteenth century Australian photography, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 02 Oct 1998–13 Dec 1998.
