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• Auction House:
  Leonard Joel
• Sale Name:
  Collectables Auction
• Sale Date:
  11 Dec 2011 ~ 12noon
• Lot #:
  462
• Lot Description:
  Rare Sutton Panoramic Plate Of Australian Gold Mining Town Dunolly Circa Early 1860s
  exposed curved-glass plate showing view from the outskirts of the town with various buildings visible including Colonial Bank, Caledonian Hotel, Simpsons Bendigo Hotel and Brittania Hotel. This image was taken using a Sutton Panoramic camera fitted with a Thomas Ross wide angle lens. The first Sutton cameras utilized Thomas Sutton's lens patented in 1859 but by mid-1861. Thomas Ross took over manufacture of the camera which were subsequently fitted with Ross's own, improved lens.
• Provenance:
  Discovered with a Sutton Panoramic camera that was salvaged from a photographic studio under demolition in Melbourne, date unknown.
• Notes:
  The buildings visible in this image are consistent with those that were present on the main street of Dunolly, circa 1861.
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 5,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tools of Trade

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