Ambrotype
Picture frame
Maker & role
Unknown, Photographer
Production date
circa 1861
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Object detail
Production place
Collection
Measurements
0 - Whole, L: 9.3cm (L: 93mm)
Subject person
Signature & marks
According to 1986 accession form, no. "412" in pencil on outside case.
Credit line
Transfer, Justice and Police Museum Ltd, 1989
Justice & Police Museum Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Justice & Police Museum Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Caption
Ambrotype portrait of the bushranger Ben Hall, c1861.
Description
This hand-coloured ambrotype is an image of the bushranger Ben Hall (1837-1865).Hall was one of the most notorious bushrangers who plagued the rural communities of central western NSW and his gang was responsible for the deaths of two police officers, Sgt Parry and Constable Nelson.
The image's collodion emulsion has been damaged but Hall can still be seen wearing moleskin trousers tucked into riding boots, with a fringed cravat tied under his collar and a cabbage tree hat to hand. In the NSW Police Gazette of 18 November 1863 he is described as being of ‘respectable appearance’ with light brown wavy hair, soft grey eyes, handsome nose and ’pleasing expression of countenance’.
A reward was posted for Hall's apprehension in October 1863 and he was about to be declared an outlaw in May 1865 when he was ambushed and shot dead by police near Goobang Creek on the Lachlan River plain.
The image's collodion emulsion has been damaged but Hall can still be seen wearing moleskin trousers tucked into riding boots, with a fringed cravat tied under his collar and a cabbage tree hat to hand. In the NSW Police Gazette of 18 November 1863 he is described as being of ‘respectable appearance’ with light brown wavy hair, soft grey eyes, handsome nose and ’pleasing expression of countenance’.
A reward was posted for Hall's apprehension in October 1863 and he was about to be declared an outlaw in May 1865 when he was ambushed and shot dead by police near Goobang Creek on the Lachlan River plain.
Accession number
JP1910/412-1:2
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