item details
NameConvict Prison, Isles of Pines, Noumea
ProductionBurton Brothers; photography studio; 1899; Dunedin
Unknown; photographer; Nouméa
Unknown; photographer; Nouméa
Classificationblack-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, sheet glass, photographic plates
Materials Summaryblack and white gelatin glass negative
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Registration NumberC.017561
Credit linePurchased 1943
Overview
One storey Colonial Building with tile roof runs from foreground right back and then across background. An open yard with a lone coconut tree in centre background. Men are lined up standing and sitting against the wall at right, one man is at centre back and two other men are near back on the left.