Robert Hunt (1830-1892): Bush/Landscape Views
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c1860, photographer Robert Hunt
Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060259
Due to the lack of biographical information on Robert Hunt it is hard to know which area of photography he was most passionate about if any. But in my opinion his photographs of bush/landscapes are those most consistently of high quality. Whether Hunt paid more attention to the details of their composition or had an affinity for this particular kind of landscape and its picturesque heritage is impossible to say but these views seem to have given Hunt more scope to express himself artistically. The lack of roads and houses in the outlying areas of Sydney were a disincentive for many photographers to travel. This was particularly true for professional photographers who found it difficult to market photographs of places that were little known. Whatever artistic value they may have had images of unknown places around Sydney had little market value. Unlike his British counterparts Hunt could not follow well trodden paths such as the picturesque Wye River in Wales with its backdrop of ruins and carefully cultured landscape. In Australia the Nepean and Hawkesbury Rivers were instead banked with a wild array strange trees and shrubs. For Hunt this challenge appears to have concentrated his efforts and when coupled with the clear crisp Australian atmosphere in the blaze of summer the results could be as beautiful those produced by well known photographers in Britain.
Bush Scene, New South Wales
 Bush Scene, New South Wales c1885?, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060046 |
Nepean River Mulgoa New South Wales
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 Nepean River Mulgoa, New South Wale c1863, Robert Hunt Stereoscopic albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060297 |
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 Nepean River Mulgoa, New South Wale 1863, Robert Hunt Stereoscopic albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060294 |
 Nepean River Mulgoa, New South Wale c1863, Robert Hunt Stereoscopic albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060296 |
 Nepean River, from Gibraltar Rock, New South Wales c1863, Robert Hunt Stereoscopic albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060298 |
 Nepean River, New South Wales c1863, Robert Hunt Stereoscopic albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060299 |
Picton Creek, New South Wales
 Picton Creek, New South Wales 8th November 1886, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060166 |
 Picton Creek, New South Wales 8th November 1886, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060167 |
Cedar Creek, New South Wales
 Cedar Creek, New South Wales 18 September 1887, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060214 |
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Blue Mountains
 Adelina falls, Lawson, The Blue Mountains c1888, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060001 |
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 Wentworth falls (originally the Weatherboard Falls), The Blue Mountains c1888, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060004 |
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 Katoomba Falls, Katoomba, The Blue Mountains c1888, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060005 |
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 Govett's leap, looking north east from Pulpit Rock and the Grose Valley, The Blue Mountains c1888, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060008 |
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 The Bluff, Mount Victoria, The Blue Mountains 13th January 1887, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060172 |
 Fairy Bower, Mount Victoria, The Blue Mountains 13th January 1887, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060179 |
 Dante's Glen, Lawson, The Blue Mountains 20 February 1888, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060250 |
 Adelina Falls, Lawson, The Blue Mountains 20 February 1888, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060251 |
 Junction Falls, Lawson, The Blue Mountains 23 February 1888, Robert Hunt Albumen print, Macleay Museum, 811060254 |
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