B.O. Holtermann with the Holtermann Nugget

1872-1875
Glass photonegative

This is a montage of three photographs - Holtermann with his hand on a photographer’s head rest in 1875, the nugget as it was in 1872 and a background of the verandah of Holtermann’s house at St Leonards, also taken in 1875. There are at least three variations of this montage, including one used as the label on Holtermann’s Life Drops patent medicine. Interestingly, the engraved image on his business card and the stained glass window in his house were both derived from the only genuine photograph of Holtermann standing beside the nugget in October 1872.