c1860s. Albumen paper photograph, stereo card format, annotated “Australia” and titled in ink on backing verso, 7.4 x 7.1cm (approx. each). Slight soiling, vertical crease to centre of backing. More

c1860s. Ambrotype, sixth-plate size, in original hinged case, 6.6 x 5.3cm (image), 9.4 x 8.1cm (case). Slight surface loss and repaired hinge to case. More

c1860s. Ambrotype, sixth-plate size, in original hanging case, 5.7 x 7cm (image), 8.3 x 9.6cm (case). Minor flaws in emulsion, slight surface loss to backing, loose joints and surface loss to case. More

c1860s. Ambrotype, quarter-plate size, in original hanging case, 6.8 x 9.3cm (image), 9.5 x 12cm (case). Some oxidation to image, wear and surface loss to case. The Thornber family seems to have specialised in the manufacture of cotton and haberdashery in the UK for over 200 years. This store could..... More

c1860s. Pair of hand-coloured albumen paper photographs, carte-de-visite format, both captioned in ink, one with photographer’s line on backing below image, both with photographer’s line lithographically printed on backing verso, 9 x 5.5cm, 9.4 x 6cm. Slight foxing, both laid down on original backing. Captions include “Carngham [near Ballarat, Victoria].”..... More

c1860. Albumen paper photograph, and hand-written poem, inscribed “for my ever dearest friend Annie Bisdee Thorne” from “E.H. Dumaresq, Tivoli, Rose Bay, Australia”, 18.2 x 13.2cm (photograph). Added pencil to image, old paper remnants surrounding image, obscuring caption in pencil, laid down on original backing; poem with creases and tears..... More

c1860. Albumen paper photograph, photographer’s stamped signature on image lower right, 16 x 11cm. Discolouration, old finger prints, laid down on old backing. “Though he was trained as a painter, Gustave Le Gray made his mark in the emerging medium of photography. An experimenter and technical innovator, Le Gray pioneered..... More

c1860. Albumen paper photograph, stero card format, titled and annotated in ink verso, 7.6 x 7.4cm (approx. each). Slight stains overall, pinholes, laid down on original backing. Annotation reads “Spinning, water carrying, pounding rice, etc.” Historically known as Tinnevelly during British rule, Tirunelveli is a major city in the Indian..... More

c1862. Three albumen paper photographs, some with added portions of stationery letterhead and captions in ink on backing above and below image, one dated “September 9th, 62” in ink on backing verso, sizes range from 8.9 x 11.2cm to 9.3 x 12.5cm. Slight soiling, discolouration, silvering to edges. Captions include..... More

c1863. Two hand-coloured albumen paper photographs, carte-de-visite format, in original stereo viewer hinged case, studio line on backing verso, gilt maker’s mark on stereo viewer, 7 x 5cm (approx. each); 24.4 x 15.2cm (open case). Minor damage to mount. Studio line reads “Photographed by Batchelder & O’Neill, Collins Street, East..... More

c1864. Albumen paper photograph, caption and photographer’s line in image upper and lower centre, letterpress key to sitters on slip affixed to backing below image, annotated in an unknown hand in pencil on backing above image, 26.1 x 18.9cm. Stains, scratches and pinholes to image, laid down on original backing..... More

c1865. Hand-coloured albumen paper photograph, oval format, photographer’s label verso, 16.4 x 12.9cm. Archivally remounted in original bird’s-eye maple frame. Label reads “Freeman Brothers Gallery of Photography, 231 George Street, Sydney.” Back of frame has a rare original early label “R. Smith, Picture Frame Maker, 7 York Street, one door..... More

1866/189 3. Photogravure, 21.9 x 16.2cm. Laid down on old backing. This image was published in Alfred, Lord Tennyson and His Friends: A series of 25 portraits in photogravure from the negatives of Mrs. J. M. Cameron and H. H. H. Cameron. Reminiscences by Anne Thackeray Ritchie, 1893. Held in..... More