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Images of Australia: 19th Century PhotographyCity Life: Qld | Sth & West Aust | Tas |
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NOTE: Linked large images in this collection have now been archived. If you would like to view images other than those thumbnailed here please contact us email. |
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Queensland 51 Anon Government House, Brisbane, c.1880s. Albumen paper print, titled, signed and dated, 15 x 19.5cm. Titled in pencil verso. |
$590 |
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52 P.C. Poulsen (Railway Line at River front), c.1880s. Albumen paper print, signed and annotated Brisbane in the plate lower right, 18.8 x 23cm. Tear to lower left; crinkles to upper portion. |
$790 |
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53 J.J. Hogg & Co. (Floods in Brisbane) Albert Street 12/3/90; Alice Street 13/3/90 (corner Albert Street); Eagle Street, 1890. Three albumen paper prints, each titled and signed in the plate, each approx 13.4 x 19.4cm. The streets of Brisbane under flood waters, showing the inhabitants and their transport at the time. |
The Three $1,650 |
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South Australia
& Western Australia 54 Captain Samuel Sweet (Botanical Gardens, Adelaide), c.1880s. Albumen paper print, copy print, signed Sweet Adelaide 264 in the plate lower centre, 16 x 21cm. Numbered 264 in the plate. This is a copy print of one of Sweet's photographs. He has rephotographed his own photograph, due to the problem of handling a cracked glass plate (which is evident in the right hand corner). Because he has actually photographed his own signed photograph his signature appears in black. Had he signed the negative plate the signature would of course be white. |
$490 | |
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55 The Hart Co. Fremantle (W.A.), c. 1897-1900. Albumen paper print, Titled in the image lower centre and signed in the image lower right, 11.6 x 19.4cm. Fine creases in three corners; 3 vertical creases. The Hart Co. is recorded as working from premises at 86 Hay Street, Perth, in 1897, and 478A Hay Street, Perth, 1898-1900. Quality prints by West Australian photographers are extremely limited in availability, partly a reflection of the fact that the population was smaller and fewer photographers were working there. |
$690 |
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56 T. McGann Public Library, North Terrace, (Adelaide), c.1900. Print-out paper print, titled in pencil and studio stamp verso, 20 x 34cm. Stamped verso with photographer's name, Adelaide. |
$790 |
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Tasmania 57 Anon South Esk Bridge and Town of Launceston, c.1890s. Albumen paper print, titled in ink below on the mount, 23 x 28.8cm. Laid down on original backing. |
$690 |
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58 Stephen Spurling, II & III (Brisbane Street, Launceston), c.1890s. Print-out paper, the photographer's relief blind stamp in image lower right, 17.8 x 22cm. Stephen Spurling II (1847-1924) ran a photographic studio in Launceston 1873-1924, and is claimed to have been the first person in Tasmania to use dry-plates. He was a superb technician and an outstanding camera artist. Stephen Spurling III (1876-1962), son of Stephen Spurling II, was a prolific landscape and commercial photographer with the largest studio in Northern Tasmania from the turn of the century until 1937. In 1919 he took the earliest known aerial photos of Tasmania. It cannot be ascertained for certain whether this and the following photo were taken by the father or by the son. |
$690 |
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59 Stephen Spurling, II & III (Trevallyn Bridge, Launceston, Tasmania), c. late 1880s-1900s. Print-out paper, the photographer's relief blind stamp lower right, 17.4 x 21.2cm. View across the river Tamar to Trevallyn, showing the Trevallyn Bridge. See note on the Spurlings to No. 58 above. |
$590 |
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60 Anon (A.J. Taylor's Museum), c.1890s. Five stereoscopic cards, print-out paper prints, the card 10 x 17.9cm. Taylor was librarian at the Tasmanian Public Library from 1874 until his death in 1921. He was a unique personality, known for his outspoken attitudes. He maintained a private museum in his home at 28 Darcy Street, Hobart. |
The Five $1,900 |
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