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& Australian PHOTOGRAPHY19th Century Photography Collectors' List 119 2006 |
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1 Anon
[Building the Railway in the Blue Mountains], c1860s. Albumen paper photograph, annotated in ink "Making Blue Hill [sic] Railway" verso, 19.3 x 28.1cm. Portions missing from upper left corner, slight foxing to sky, blind stamped "fax" upper right corner. Most likely annotated by someone unfamiliar with the Blue Mountains. |
$3,300 |
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2 Eugène Atget (French, 1857-1927) Remarquable Fountaine de Medicis, 1898. Albumen paper photograph, negative number "3018" in pencil verso, 21.9 x 17.8cm. Old faint diagonal creases to corners, possibly due to slits in an album page. Illustrated in Nesbit's Atget's Seven Albums, Fortifications de Paris, pl. 14. |
$26,900 |
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3 William Blackwood
(1824-1897) Sydney University Hall … , 1859. Albumen paper photograph, letterpress title, date and photographer's line on backing below image, 21.2 x 28.6cm. Laid down on original printed presentation backing. Text reads "In commemoration of the Grand Festival at the Opening of the Sydney University. The 18th July 1859. Photographed by W. Blackwood, 16 Bridge Street." |
$6,600 |
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4 Nicholas Caire
(1837-1918) Bush Hut, Gippsland, c1886/ 1900. Print-out paper, titled in ink, faint photographer's stamp verso, 14.7 x 19.2cm. Much reproduced classic Australian image. |
$4,400 |
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5 Julia Margaret Cameron (British, 1815-1879) Sir Galahad and the Pale Nun, 1874. Albumen paper photograph, annotated in ink "From Life Registered Photograph. Copyright Julia Margaret Cameron 1874" and titled in ink on backing below image, 33.4 x 27.3cm. Slight fading to edges, otherwise strong overall tone, laid down on original blue backing. One of the most sought-after and important images from the Idylls of the King, and Other Poems by Julia Margaret Cameron, Henry S. King & Co., London, 1875. Illustrated in Mike Weaver, Julia Margaret Cameron; Cox, Ford, Julia Margaret Cameron, The Complete Photographs, pl. 1169. |
$24,500 |
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6 Antoine Fauchery
(1823-1861) [Melbourne Gentleman], 1858. Albumen paper photograph, annotated, dated and signed in ink on image lower right, 14.7 x 11cm (oval). Minor loss to image upper and lower right, laid down on original backing with fragile lower right corner. Annotation reads "Melbourne, March 1858." Fauchery's photographic presentation bears a striking similarity to work of famous French photographer Nadar. Fauchery's friendship with Nadar's son may account for this influence. |
$4,400 |
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7 Roger Fenton
(British, 1819-1869) Lieutenant Colonel Lord Burghersh, C.B., 1856. Salt paper photograph, engraved title, photographer and publisher's lines, date and publisher's blind stamp on backing below image, 18.5 x 15.7cm (image), 60 x 43.8cm (backing). Laid down on original engraved presentation backing. Text reads "Photographed by R. Fenton. Manchester. Published by T. Agnew & Sons, March 25th, 1856. London, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Paris, Moulin, 23, Rue Richer. New York, Williams & Co." Taken during the Crimean War. |
$6,600 |
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8 Roger Fenton
(British, 1819-1869) Lieutenant General Sir George Brown & Staff, 1856. Salt paper photograph, engraved text with title, photographer and publisher's lines, date and publisher's blind stamp on backing below image, 17.3 x 16.6cm (image), 60 x 43.8cm (backing). Laid down on original engraved presentation backing. Text reads "Major Hallewell, Col Brownrigg, Orderly, Col Airey, Captn Pearson, Captn Markham, Captn Ponsonby. Photographed by R. Fenton. Manchester. Published by T. Agnew & Sons, Jan. 1st, 1856. London, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Moulin, 23, Rue Richer. New York, Williams & Co." Taken during the Crimean War. |
$6,600 |
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9 Freeman Bros
(William 1809-1895; James 1814-1890) The First Responsible Government of New South Wales, 1856. Salt paper photograph, titled in ink on original label below image, 13.4 x 18.1cm. Old water stains lower right, discolouration and missing portions to label, laid down on original backing. Original frame. Title reads "The First Responsible Government of New South Wales (T. Holt, W.M. Manning, S.A. Donaldson, J.B. Darvall, G.O. Nicholls)." Darvall was the first Premier. Illustrated on cover and p171 of Old Times, Vol. 1, No. 3, Sydney, June 1903, and Cannon, Australia. A History in Photographs, p96. |
$5,500 |
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10 Fred Hardie
(Scottish, active 1890s-1920s) Oxford Street, Sydney, c1880s. Albumen paper photograph, titled, numbered "30009" and initialled "G.W.W." in negative, 24.5 x 30.5cm (oval). Repaired tear lower left, chips and loss to edges. View from the corner of Hyde Park at the junction of College, Liverpool and Oxford Streets and Wentworth Avenue, which is known today as Whitlam Square. Initials "G.W.W." stand for George Washington Wilson, a famous Scottish photography studio, who Hardie worked for. |
$2,200 |
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11 Hill and Adamson
(Scottish, David 1802-1870; Robert 1821-1848) Newhaven Fisherman, 1844. Salt paper photograph (calotype), signed, annotated, dated and titled in pencil on backing below image, 15.5 x 11.4cm. Slight fading overall, old glue stains to margins, laid down on time stained original backing. Annotation reads "D.O.H. Hill R.S.A. & R. Adamson, Edinburgh 1844. No. 4. Newhaven Fisherman." Ref. Illustrated in Sara Stevenson, David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, Edinburgh, 1981, p197. The subject is David Young and an unknown man. |
$9,900 |
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12 Hill and Adamson
(Scottish, David 1802-1870; Robert 1821-1848) (Presbytery Group 24), c1845. Salt paper photograph (calotype), 14.2 x 19.5cm. Old stain upper right corner. Illustrated in Sara Stevenson, David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, Edinburgh, 1981, p183. Sitters identified as "The reporters' table - Skene standing, W. Robertson, J.R. Fyfe, John Johnstone, John MacDonald and Rev Andrew Cameron." |
$15,500 |
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13 Hill and Adamson
(Scottish, David 1802-1870; Robert 1821-1848) (Unknown Man #31), c1845. Salt paper photograph (calotype), 19.5 x 14.4cm. Illustrated in Sara Stevenson, David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, Edinburgh, 1981, p119. |
$13,000 |
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