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An image showing 'ALB0029; Early career of Frederick North. Photo 233, Gold Fields.'

An image showing 'ALB0029; Early career of Frederick North. Photo 234, Fern Tree Gully, Melbourne.'

An image showing 'ALB0029; Early career of Frederick North. Photo 236, Aborigine Encampment.'

An image showing 'ALB0029; Early career of Frederick North. Photo 238, Aborigine Family.'

An image showing 'ALB0029; Early career of Frederick North. Photo 241, Fighting Aborigine Warrior.'

An image showing 'ALB0029; Early career of Frederick North. Photo 254, A Native Pak, New Zealand.'

An image showing 'ALB0029; Early career of Frederick North. Photo 255, Bay of Islands, New Zealand.'

An image showing 'ALB0029; Early career of Frederick North. Photo 260, Maori Chief (Cannibal).'

An image showing 'ALB0029; Early career of Frederick North. Photo 261, Maori Warrior.'

An image showing 'ALB0029; Early career of Frederick North. Photo 262, Will Thompson.'

An image showing 'ALB0029; Early career of Frederick North. Photo 263, Maori Warrior.'

An image showing 'ALB0029; Early career of Frederick North. Photo 264, Sulphur Springs, New Zealand.'

An image showing 'ALB0029; Early career of Frederick North. Photo 265, Maori Woman.'

An image showing 'ALB0029; Early career of Frederick North. Photo 71, Alcibiade chez Aspasie.'

An image showing 'ALB0029.213; Commercial photograph of a squatting South Asian man. Originally captioned ' Indian Coolie Man'.'

An image showing 'ALB0029.215; Commercial portrait photograph of a South Asian woman with her head covered and wearing nose ring, orginally captioned 'Indian Coolie Woman'.'

An image showing 'ALB0029.219; Commercial portrait photograph of two South Asian women, one seated and one standing. Originally captioned 'Hindoo Girls'.'

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A half leather bound album with the binding broken at the spine and many of the leaves loose, containing 329 albumen prints of various sizes including carte de visites. The album documents the early career of paymaster, Frederick North between 1864 - circa 1876 including his time onboard HMS Nassau (1866), consisting of portraits of friends, family and colleagues, ship portraits including: Barrosa (1860), Conqueror (1855), Edgar (1858), Hercules (1868), Liffey (1860), Nassau (1866), Rattesnake (1861), and topographical photographs, including: Bahia, Ballarat, Burma, Melbourne, Montevideo, New Zealand, Penang, Rio de Janeiro, Sierra Leone, Simonstown and the Cape, Suez Canal, Sumatra, Sydney, Zanzibar.

Frederick North served on Edgar (September 1861-July 1862), Rattlesnake (July-November 1864, May 1865-February 1866), and Barrosa (June 1869-January 1871) during the Flying Squadron cruise around the world (1869-1871).

Plates scanned:
Plate 312 (repro ID L3722) - Creek life on the Canton river, China
Plate 315 (repro ID L3723) - A domestic family scene in China
Plate 317 (repro ID L3724) - Junks on the Canton river, China

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Object Details

ID:	ALB0029
Type:	Photograph album
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1864 - circa 1876; 1864 - 1878
People:	North, Frederick
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 280 mm x 355 mm
Parts:	Early career of Frederick North A photograph of a painting called 'Socrates seeking Alcibiades at the House of Aspasia' (Photographic print) (ALB0029.71) A bare-chested, crouching South Asian man photographed in a commercial studio (Photographic print) (ALB0029.213) Studio portrait of a South Asian woman wearing a nose ring (Photographic print) (ALB0029.215) Studio photograph of two South Asian women with a hookah and other objects (Photographic print) (ALB0029.219) Portrait of a Black woman wearing a headwrap and crucifix (Photographic print) (ALB0029.223) A view across Creswick Creek, Clunes, towards the Port Phillip Gold Mines. (Photographic print) (ALB0029.233) A view of Fern Tree Gully. (Photographic print) (ALB0029.234) An Aboriginal group outside a domical hut. (Photographic print) (ALB0029.236) A group photographs of an Australian Aboriginal man, woman and child (Photographic print) (ALB0029.238) An Australian Aboriginal warrior posing for the photographer (Photographic print) (ALB0029.241) A view of a wooden house inside a defensive Maori village with the family in the foreground. (Photographic print) (ALB0029.254) A photograph of a painting of part of the Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand (Photographic print) (ALB0029.255) A half-length portrait photograph of a Maori Chief. (Photographic print) (ALB0029.260) A half-length portrait photograph of a Maori warrior (Photographic print) (ALB0029.261) A head-shoulder portrait photograph of 'William Thompson', better known as the Maori chief Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi (Photographic print) (ALB0029.262) A full-length studio portrait photograph of a Maori warrior (Photographic print) (ALB0029.263) A general view of the sulphur springs at Lake Rotorua (Photographic print) (ALB0029.264) A full-length portrait photograph of a female Maori servant (Photographic print) (ALB0029.265) Chinese artist working on a canvas in a studio, surrounded by other paintings (Photographic print) (ALB0029.314)