Sun Images of Australia: 19th Century Photography
City Life: New South Wales
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11 Anon
(Manly), 1880. Albumen paper print, 14 x 20cm.
A crowd on the sand at the southern end of Manly beach.
 $950
12 Charles Kerry
Blues Point, North Sydney, 1880. Albumen paper print, signed, titled and numbered "2567" in the plate, blind stamp, 10.2 x 17.5cm.
Shows Sydney Harbour, yachts, spectators and three small canon.
 $790
13 Anon
(Circular Quay from Dawes Point), c.1880. Albumen paper print, 21 x 28cm. Laid down on acid-free paper.
View of Circular Quay from Dawes Point, with several ships at Campbell's Wharf. The Dawes Point Battery is no longer there. The Sydney International Exhibition Building can be seen on the horizon, dating this view to the period it was standing: it was built in 1879 and burned down in 1882.
 $1,400
14 Anon
Circular Quay, Sydney, c.1884. Albumen paper print, titled and dated in pencil verso, numbered "64" in the plate, 15.5 x 20.5cm.
West Circular Quay, with moored four-masters.
 $1,100
15 Anon
St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, c.1884. Albumen paper print, titled and dated in pencil verso, 15.8 x 20.9cm.
The photographer has used two negatives to produce the image: one for the sky and one for the landscape. The sky negative has been used in other photographs, and is identical to that used in Nos. 16 and 17.
 $1,100
16 Anon
16 Anon. Botanic Gardens & Government House, Sydney, c.1884. Albumen paper print, titled and dated in pencil verso, numbered "10" in the plate lower left, 15.7 x20.8cm.
Annotated "32" verso bottom right corner. An unusual aspect of this photograph is that the photographer has used two negatives to produce the image: one for the sky and one for the landscape. The sky negative has been used in other photographs, and is identical to that used in Nos. 15 and 17.
 $1,100
17 Anon
Botanic Gardens, Sydney, c.1884. Albumen paper print, titled and dated verso in pencil, 15.7 x 20.6cm.
Annotated "34" verso bottom right corner. The photographer has used two negatives to produce the image: one for the sky and one for the landscape. The sky negative has been used in other photographs, and is identical to that used in Nos. 15 and 16. View of one of the entrance gates.
 $1,100
18 Anon
Entrance to Sydney Harbour, N & S Heads, c.1884. Albumen paper print, titled and dated in pencil verso, 15.7 x 20.5cm.
Annotated verso in pencil in a contemporary hand: "N & S Heads, the entrance to Sydney Harbour". Also annotated "34" verso bottom right corner. The photographer has used two negatives to produce the image: one for the sky and one for the landscape.
$1,100
19 Henry King
King Street, Sydney, Centenary 1888, 1888. Albumen paper print, numbered "329", titled and signed in the plate lower right, 20.5 x 15.2cm.
To the left of the image can be seen the Sydney Arcade: the building's façade still remains, incorporated into the new building running between Pitt, King and George Streets.
 $790
20 Henry King
NS (North Shore) Jetty, Circular Quay, Sydney, c.1880s. Albumen paper print, titled, signed and numbered 137 in the plate lower left, 15.1 x 19.8cm.
 $990