About Miscellaneous This section covers a wide variety of topics. A black  asterisk  *  in the menu column indicates one or more illustrations, otherwise the entry is text only.

The Eye Rest and Head Rest were pieces of equipment used in the portrait studio. The Adelaide Rose and Diamond Cameo were interesting photographic styles, while Crayon, Ivorytype,  Mezzotinto, Simpsontype and Wax Photographs refer to processes that were used in the 19th century.

The Stanhope was a micro-photograph, sometimes of a dubious nature, which was concealed in some everyday object, such as a pen or knife handle.

The calotype was a process which involved making a positive print from a transparent paper negative. The earliest photographs of South Australia that are still in existence are calotypes in the collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, and copies of these can be viewed under Calotypes.

Mosaics of portraits were popular in the 19th and early 20th century, and these could contain anything from  six to six hundred photographs. Examples can be found under Mosaics. Panoramas made up of a number of photographs joined together were also popular in the same period. See Panoramas for two interesting wider-than-your-screen examples.

Under Rontgen Rays you will find a copy of one of the earliest X-ray photographs taken in South Australia, in 1896. Post-Mortem includes photographs of deceased loved ones and a rare photograph of an aboriginal burial scene taken near Kapunda in 1867.

Government Photo-Lithographer covers the establishment of that department and one of the first official duties they had to perform -- photograph the prisoners at the gaol.