Gold Digging, NSW
c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, titled in ink on backing below image, 13.6 x 20cm. Laid down on original backing. Shows two men at a creek bed, one with a gold washing cradle, the other digging. More
c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, titled in ink on backing below image, 13.6 x 20cm. Laid down on original backing. Shows two men at a creek bed, one with a gold washing cradle, the other digging. 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. Tintype, titled in pencil verso, 15.5 x 20.8cm. Emulsion loss, scuffing and faded hand-colouring to lower portion, minor dents and rust. This tintype shows a grand farm house with three women and a dog in the front garden, and a partially obscured person seated on the porch. A tintype..... 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, 22.8 x 27.9cm. Minor tear to upper edge, paper remnants to image lower right, slight scuffing. Annotation includes “Photogr. vom Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau, Sydney. Nach leite 204.”. 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
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, one stamped “C.E.S. Fryer photo” verso, 33.9 x 27.6cm (approx. each). Slight silvering and crinkles, minor tears or chips to edges. Titles include..... 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
c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, cabinet card format, 9.8 x 15.1cm. Slight foxing and fading, laid down on original backing. Solomon Harris was born in Maitland where “for some years he kept the Volunteer Hotel In West Maitland.” He later moved to Muswellbrook and operated a saddlery. Ref: The Maitland Daily..... 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
1891. Albumen paper photograph, titled and dated in ink on image lower right over illegible number in negative, 10.1 x 14.5cm. Slight foxing, creases. Image shows a hansom cab in front of the Manly Ferry Wharf at Circular Quay. Similar images by Arthur Syer are held in the State Library..... 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
1891. Albumen paper print, captioned and dated in ink on original mount below image, 9.6 x 11.6cm. Minor missing portions to edges, slight discolouration, creases. In 1885, Reverend J.H. Plant joined the Melanesian Mission. He died in 1891 some time after this photograph was taken. The people surrounding Plant were..... More
c1892. Pair of cyanotypes, one annotated in pencil verso, 7.7 x 10.2cm (approx. each). One with minor crinkles to edges. Annotation reads “by T.S.D. c1892/3.”. 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. Tintype, caption on backing below image, 11.5 x 16.3cm. Slight scuffs to surface, laid down on original presentation backing. Caption reads “The White Rabbit Saloon was a favourite gathering place where the men folks of Lynchburg could get together and talk about the old days and enjoy the companionship..... 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
1892. Cyanotype, titled and dated “July 14, 1892” in ink on backing below image, 15 x 20.3cm. Minor developing flaws, laid down on original backing. The ponies are harnessed to a two-seater buggy with a fringe canopy in front of a three-storey Second Empire style house. A cyanotype is a...... 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
c1893. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, stamped title on backing below image and verso, 16 x 21.2cm. Foxing, soiling, minor surface loss, laid down on original backing. The ostrich farm was owned by Joseph Barracluff in the Watsons Bay/Vaucluse area. He arrived in Sydney from England in 1884, and started a...... More
c1893. Album of eleven albumen paper photographs, each annotated in various hands in ink or pencil on backing below image, sizes from 11.2 x 9cm to 11.1 x 14.3cm. Slight missing portions, tears, creases or soiling to most, each laid down on original backing. This album appears to be taken..... 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
1893. Pair of cyanotypes, each captioned and dated “Feby 1893” in ink on backing below image, 15.3 x 20.3cm, 14.2 x 19.6cm. Slight foxing and soiling, laid down on original backing. Cyanotypes of Queensland are very uncommon. These images were taken during the 1893 Brisbane flood. Ref: Wiki. More
c1894. Group of five albumen paper photographs, three captioned in negative, all titled verso, as transferred from original album page, 10.8 x 15.3cm. Slight foxing and minor surface loss to some images, each laid down on acid-free backing. Images include Kent Street, the Botanical Gardens, Girls’ Grammar School, the River..... More
c1894-1895. Three albumen paper photographs, 15.2 x 20.9cm (each). Slight foxing overall, minor silvering to lower edges, one image laid down on acid-free backing. Images show tableaux of dingoes, emu, kookaburras and kingfisher birds. The dingo and emu photographs are held in NLA. More