c1890s. Printout paper photograph, captioned in ink on backing below image, 23.9 x 18.6cm. Slight foxing to upper portion of image, laid down on original backing. Original frame. Image foreground shows the Ornamental Lake of Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens. More

c1890. Albumen paper photograph, five-panel panorama, captioned in negative lower centre, 33 x 130cm. Slight foxing, stains and creases, repaired missing portions. Linen-backed. This view includes, from the left, the Lands Department looking over the harbour to Admiralty House, Kirribilli; Fort Denison and Farm Cove, with Garden Island beyond the..... More

c1890. Three albumen paper photographs, studio blindstamp lower right, captioned in pencil verso, 18.2 x 22.8cm to 18.3 x 23.2cm. Creases, minor tears to edges, repaired minor perforations to image centre. Captions read (1) Brisbane St, Launceston; (2) Launceston looking south; and (3) Launceston from Windmill Hill. Two images held..... More

c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, erroneously titled in ink on backing below image, 13.5 x 19.4cm. Slight foxing, laid down on original backing. This image depicts a re-enactment of a battle, not a corroboree, which is a ceremony involving singing and dancing. Ref: Indigenous Australia. More

c1890s. Three vintage silver gelatin photographs, one image titled in negative lower left, each annotated in German and two titled in English in pencil in another hand verso, 26.6 x 34.5cm (approx. each). Slight silvering and crinkles, minor chips and tears to edges, fold and slight stains to upper portion..... More

c1890s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated in two hands in pencil with title in English and German verso, 26.8 x 34.4cm. Slight scuffing and soiling to upper portion of image, silvering. Annotation includes “Photographie von Department of Agriculture and Stock, Brisbane. Nach leite 40.”. More

c1890. Albumen paper photograph, titled and annotated in ink on backing verso, 9.3 x 15.7cm. Missing portions to lower left corner and edges. Annotation reads “For Uncle Rory from Phil.” Horton College was a 19th-century “independent Wesleyan Methodist boys’ boarding school, at Mona Vale near Ross, Tasmania.” Considered to be..... More

1873/1890s. Group of three works consisting of one image printed in three different mediums: (1) Albumen paper photograph, numbered “8” in negative lower right, 19.6 x 14.3cm. Slight silvering to edges, old retouching; (2) Toned silver gelatin photograph with trimmed caption “Australian Ab[originals” in negative lower right, 41.1 x 20.8cm..... More

c1891. Four albumen paper photographs, stereo card format, one annotated in ink, letterpress studio line on backing on all four, and studio label attached to three backings verso, 7.7 x 13.7cm (approx. each). Minor chips or creases to edges, slight foxing, laid down on original backing. Annotation reads “Bourke St..... More

c1892. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, Henry Parkes’ signature with “sincerely” in ink on slip mounted below image, accompanied with original backing with “Falk Studios” blind stamp, 39.1 x 32.2cm. Missing portions, silvering and repaired surface loss to edges. Laid down on acid-free paper. During its time, Falk Studios, run by..... More

c1892. Group of 13 vintage silver gelatin photographs, each captioned in pencil or ink verso, including two signed “J. Brooks” and dated “April 1892”, sizes from 10.4 x 17.4cm to 12.2 x 18.7cm. Minor scuffs, wear, discolouration, slight creases, paper loss. Locations depicted include views of Mt Kosciuszko, Dome Rocks..... More

c1893. Composite albumen paper photograph, 26.3 x 18.6cm. Creases overall, slight discolouration to edges of image, minor tears to lower edge. Comes with postcard of the same image, published by M. Sternberg, Hongkong [sic], titled “A lot of Chinese babies.” Held in SFMOMA with uncropped left edge. A student of..... More

1868/1893. Photogravure, printed label attached to original mount verso, 26.8 x 20.7cm (image). Mount burn to margins. Label reads “This portrait is published for the subscribers to Appletons’ Scientific Library” and includes biographical information on Darwin. Provenance: Christies, London, 1996. This photogravure, most likely published by T. Fisher Unwin, was..... More