11 Richard Daintree (British/Australian, 1832-1878)
Lal-Lal Falls, Victoria, c1860. Albumen paper photograph, type-written
title on accompanying label, 19.1 x 24.1cm. Minor foxing to upper
centre, repaired slight tear to lower edge.
Richard
Daintree, a pioneering geologist, is considered to be one of
the most important photographers working in Australia in the
1850s and 1860s.
$1,650
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12 Antoine Fauchery (French/Australian, 1823-1861)
[Melbourne Gentleman], 1858. Albumen paper photograph, signed
and dated "Melbourne, Mars [March] 1858" in ink on
image lower left, 14.6 x 11cm (oval format). Small crease to
upper portion, minor chips to edges and centre right, slight
foxing overall. Laid down on original backing.
Rare,
dated and signed early work. Similar format to image in Curry
O'Neil, Sun Pictures of Victoria, Library Council of Victoria,
1983, plate 2. 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.
$5,500
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13 Freeman Bros
(Australian, William 1809-1895, James 1814-1890)
Panorama From Sydney Observatory, c1858. Albumen paper photograph,
titled, annotated "Freeman" and dated in ink and publishing
annotations in unknown hands on backing verso, 32.5 x 40.6cm.
Minor foxing and old retouching overall. Laid down on original
backing.
Rare
- unusually large early Australian photograph.
$5,500
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14 Government Printer (Australian, active from 1870)
An Aboriginal Of New South Wales, c1890. Albumen paper photograph,
titled in negative lower centre, 29 x 24.2cm. Minor foxing to
upper right, small tear to left edge.
The
Government Printer for New South Wales had a photographic department
to document all aspects of the State for presentation albums
to promote New South Wales and to provide historical records
of its European and Indigenous population, industry, landscape,
cities, towns and events.
$1,650
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15 Fred Hardie (Scottish, active 1890s-1920s)
Oxford Street, Sydney, c1880s. Albumen paper photograph, partially
obscured title, numbered "30009" and initialled "G.W.W."
in negative lower centre, 24.5 x 30.5cm (oval format). Repaired
slight tears and paper loss overall, minor chips to edges.
View
from the corner of Hyde Park at the junction of College, Liverpool
and Oxford Sts and Wentworth Ave, which is known today as Whitlam
Square. Initials "G.W.W." stand for George Washington
Wilson, a famous Scottish photography studio for which Hardie
worked.
$2,200
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16 Charles Kerry (Australian, 1858-1928)
An Aboriginal Bora Ceremony, 1898/c1900. Silver gelatin photograph,
titled in ink and embossed photographer's stamp on original backing
below image, annotated in ink on accompanying label, 50.7 x 37.9cm.
Slight chips to edges, minor surface cracks to upper edge of
image. Label laid down on acid-free paper. In original frame.
Stamp
reads "Kerry. 310 George St, Sydney." Annotation reads
"Messrs Winchcombe and Carson, Bridge Street." Label
printed in green ink reads "Kerry & Co., 310 George
St, Sydney, NSW. Portrait and landscape photographers and art
publishers. Aboriginal studies. South Sea Islands scenery."
Extremely rare enlargement. One of a series of images taken on
the property of Fitz W. Hill, Carrabea, Quambone in northern
New South Wales. Thirty-five of the images have appeared in a
smaller format in a presentation album.
$9,900
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17 Charles Kerry (Aust.,
1858-1928)
[Twelve Aboriginal Portraits], c1880s. Albumen paper photograph,
photographer's line and numbered in negative in each portrait,
printed studio line in image centre right, stamp verso, 14.9
x 15.5cm.
Studio
line reads "Kerry's Studios, 310 George St, near Hunter
St, Syd." Stamp reads "Tyrrell's Museum of Antiques,
Books and Curios." Rare. This is a composite sheet of portraits
used by Kerry for the purpose of providing a catalogue for tourists
to choose images for their albums.
$2,800
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18 Henry King (Australian, 1855-1923)
Australian Aboriginal, NSW [Man Standing With Spears], c1880s.
Albumen paper photograph, numbered "1070", titled and
signed in negative lower left, 19.8 x 15cm. Small tear to right
edge, handling creases and crinkles overall.
By
the 1880s, Sydney's commercial photographers such as Henry King
and Charles Kerry regarded Aboriginal people as interesting photographic
subjects to sell to the public and overseas visitors.
$1,950
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19 J.W. Lindt (Australian, 1845-1926)
[Standing Aboriginal Man With Kangaroo Skin Loin Cloth], 1873.
(a) Albumen paper photograph, numbered "28" in negative
lower left, 19.2 x 13.2cm. Laid down on acid-free paper. (b)
Silver gelatin photograph, 1873/ c1900, 41.1 x 20.7cm. Small
perforations to image upper right and to edges, slight paper
loss, stains, cracks and tears to edges of image.
From
the portfolio Australian Aboriginals, 1873-1876. Held in the
National Gallery of Australia collection.
The pair $3,900
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20 J.W. Lindt (Australian, 1845-1926)
[Two Seated Aboriginal Men], c1874. Albumen paper photograph,
numbered "10" in negative lower right, 19 x 14.2cm.
Minor chips to lower edge.
This
photograph is from a series of thirty-three different images
taken by Lindt from 1873 to 1876 of the Aboriginal people from
the Grafton area. In his studio he posed his subjects in reconstructed
outdoor settings. He successfully marketed small selections from
his series, as folios and sold them throughout the world. His
romanticised depiction of the Aboriginal people matched European
fantasies of the "noble savage" and his work was published
in a number of overseas books about Australia.
$1,950
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21 Stump & Co. (Australian, active 1870s-1890s)
[Aboriginal Family, Group Of Nine, South Australia], c1880s.
Albumen paper photograph, signed (twice) in negative lower left,
18.1 x 14.5cm.
$1,950
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