Giant Fig Tree, 140 Ft In Circumference
c1890. Albumen paper photograph, titled, negative number “561” and annotated “Kerry Photo, Sydney” in negative lower left, 20 x 15cm. Paper remnants and minor paper loss verso. More
c1890. Albumen paper photograph, titled, negative number “561” and annotated “Kerry Photo, Sydney” in negative lower left, 20 x 15cm. Paper remnants and minor paper loss verso. More
c1892. Three printout paper photographs, stereo card format, each annotated in ink verso, 7.8 x 13.8cm (approx. each). Slight foxing and discolouration, laid down on original backing. Annotations include “Front door of Rose Bank, Essendon, Melbourne,” with the date “1892” above the entryway, and “Rose Bank drawing room.” Rose Bank..... More
1896. Printout paper photograph, dated “22/6/96” and titled with photographer’s line in negative lower left to right, 15.1 x 20cm. Slight stains, cockling and crinkles, tipped to original album page. A collection of various letterhead crests is affixed to the album page verso. The crests include “Royal Australian Navy, The..... More
c1890s-1900. Group of seven albumen paper photographs, 15.3 x 20.4cm or 20.3 x 15.7cm (approx. each). Foxing, stains, cockling, dents, minor missing portions to edges, some repairs. Images include views from Barrack Street, showing the building of the general post office clock tower; George Street near Barrack Street; Circular Quay;..... More
c1900. Printout paper photograph, titled in pencil verso, 14.9 x 20.2cm. Minor discolouration to edges. Image shows Como Hotel in the background, and a party with a photographic camera in the foreground. More
1888-1910s. Thirty-three (33) process screen and 148 photographic postcards (181 in total), some images captioned or dated in negative or letterpress, some with photographer’s blind stamp or studio line verso, 8.8 x 13.8cm (approx. each). Minor silvering or developing flaws to some images. Photographers include Brokenshire Bros, Broken Hill; and..... More
c1880s-1913. Fifty-nine (59) albumen paper photographs, cabinet card format; 2 vintage silver gelatin photographs, postcard format, all 61 images in sleeves in an album, some portrait images annotated or dated in ink or pencil, and many with studio lines on backing below image or verso, 10.9 x 15.1cm (approx. each)..... More
c1930. Collection of 18 silver gelatin photographs in original album, signed and annotated “The Strand, Sydney” by Monte Luke in pencil and annotated in another hand in ink on title page, each image numbered in an unknown hand in ink in lower margin, 18.2 x 25.2cm (approx. each image), 37.5..... More
1930. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated in ink by Hoppé or his assistant with several stamps including photographer’s copyright and “Dorien Leigh Ltd” agency stamps verso, 24.7 x 18cm. Minor chips to edges. Annotation reads “Tightening cables of suspension bridge.” Copyright stamp includes Hoppé’s home and studio address of ‘Millais..... More
1930. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated “Sydney Bridge” in ink by Hoppé or his assistant with several stamps including photographer’s copyright and “Dorien Leigh Ltd” agency stamps verso, 24.9 x 17.9cm. Emil Otto Hoppé was a German-born British portrait, travel, and topographic photographer active between 1907 and 1945. He moved..... More
1932. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in ink, titled and dated in pencil in unknown hand verso, 15.1 x 21cm. Slight silvering, minor chips to lower edge. More
1935/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated in pencil on image lower right, 37.3 x 37.6cm. Illustrated in Newton, Max Dupain, 1980, p45. Glebe Island was the site of a grain elevator and tall concrete silos, which operated from 1921 by the Grain Elevators Board of NSW. While some..... More
1938. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed and dated in ink in lower margin, 30.7 x 29.9cm. Small indentations to image upper right, slight foxing to lower margin, minor wear to corners of margins. Provenance: Cotton estate. Taken on a camping field trip with Cotton’s geologist father. Ref: Sally McInerney..... More
1940. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, titled and dated in ink verso, 29.3 x 32.1cm. Minor retouching and scuffs to image. Provenance: Cotton estate. More
1996/1997. Vintage C-type photograph with added hand-colouring, titled, signed and dated “1997” in ink in lower margin, captioned “Luna Park – Day”, signed and dated “1996/1997” in ink verso, 47.2 x 34.5cm. Minor creases and stains to edges of paper not affecting image. Illustrated in Van Daele and Lumby, Art..... More