The Old Warrior
c1919. Vintage toned silver gelatin photograph on textured paper, titled and signed in pencil on backing below image, 29.3 x 22cm. Slight retouching to image lower right. More
Views
Queen Victoria Markets, George St, Sydney, NSW
c1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and annotated in pencil and ink in various hands with “NSW Govt. Printer” copyright stamp verso, 15.5 x 20.4cm. Slight creases and scuffing overall. Annotation reads “T.S. Champion, 1 Kissing Pt Rd, Turramurra [NSW].” Stamp reads “This photograph may be reproduced or published free..... More
![Sunset Hour [Perth]. August Knapp, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL185-113.JPG?v=1486013025)
Sunset Hour [Perth]
c1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and signed with “FRPS [Fellow Royal Photographic Society]” in pencil in lower margin, 23.7 x 29.2cm. Similar work by Knapp is held by the National Gallery of Australia with the comment “Pictorialist photographers like Knapp were inspired by overseas models of art photography. Their..... More
[Cunliffe & Co., Stroud, NSW]
c1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 10.8 x 15.5cm. Foxing, laid down on original presentation backing. Cunliffe & Co. was listed as a general store in Stroud, NSW in a 1920s directory. Ref: City of Sydney archives. More
Sydney. Wharfs And City From Pyrmont, No. 16
1920. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, panorama, text including date, title and photographer’s name in negative upper and lower centre, 24.2 x 100.5cm. Slight crinkles to left portion and centre, tear to lower edge, foxing to right portion, surface soiling and wear to margins. Text includes “Sydney, 1920. Alan Row &..... More
Salt Lakes, Hattah [Victoria]
c1920s. Pair of vintage silver gelatin photographs, each titled in ink on backing verso, 15.5 x 20.5cm (each). Silvering, slight foxing, laid down on original backing. Hattah Lakes, in the Hattah-Kulkyne National Park is situated adjacent to the Murray River and overlaps the Murray-Sunset National Park. The area was the..... More
Silver And Gray
c1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, annotations including “f11” verso, 22.5 x 29.6cm. Slight foxing and silvering. More
The Cabbage Patch
c1920s. Vintage bromoil, titled and signed in pencil on backing below image, 22.4 x 23.7cm. Slight foxing, tipped to original backing. British-born Arthur Smith was a member of the Photographic Society of NSW and a regular writer for the Australasian Photo-Review. In the early 1930s, he wrote a series of..... More
Braidwood, NSW
c1920s. Two vintage silver gelatin photographs, postcard format, each captioned and signed or initialled in negative lower centre and right, both with photographer’s stamps verso, 8.7 x 14cm (approx. each). Slight stains overall, one with minor creases and missing portion to upper right corner of image. Captions and details read..... More
![Fort Street [Boys’ High School, Petersham]. R P. Moore, Aust./NZ](/pictures/thumb/CL169-115.JPG?v=1492492926)
Fort Street [Boys’ High School, Petersham]
1921. Silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s blind stamp on backing below image, titled and dated in an unknown hand in ink on backing verso, 12.4 x 50.7cm. Slight soiling, foxing and scuffs overall. Blind stamp reads “R.P. Moore, Lyons Rd, Five Dock, Sydney.” Fort Street alumni are traditionally called “Fortians”. Prominent..... More
Views Of Newcastle, NSW
c1921. Group of 13 vintage silver gelatin photographs, postcard format, most captioned in negative lower left or right, four captioned and one dated in pencil verso, 7.5 x 12.2cm to 8.7 x 14cm. Minor scuffing, stains, creases or chips to edges. Views include Hunter and Bolton streets, Bar Beach showing..... More
Henry Lawson Family Homes
c1880s-1922. (1) John Barclay Godson (Brit./Aust., 1882-1957). Henry Lawson’s House, Abbotsford, 1922. Pencil drawing, titled, signed and dated “16/9/22” in pencil lower left to right, 13.6 x 19.7cm. Foxing. Framed. (2) Phillip Street, Sydney [Showing House Of Henry Lawson’s Mother On Left] , c1880s. Albumen paper photograph, titled, dated “late..... More
![The Brisbane Hotel, Launceston]. Stephen Spurling, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL187-119.JPG?v=1496127464)
[The Brisbane Hotel, Launceston]
c1922. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated “Spurlings” in pencil on original mount below image, 51.5 x 40cm. Retouched scratches to image lower left, stains to upper portion and image centre, slight silvering. Framed. Possibly taken on the occasion of the visit of the Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes attending a...... More
Avon Dam [NSW]
1925. Vintage silver gelatin photograph in two panels, titled, dated “2/8/25” and monogrammed in negative lower left, 25.3 x 61.8cm. Slight silvering to edges, laid down on original backing. Framed. More
[Terrace And Cottage, Double Bay, NSW]
c1926. Two vintage silver gelatin photographs, annotated in ink and pencil with photographer’s stamp verso, 14.2 x 19.7cm to 16 x 20.7cm. Minor creases, scuffing, tears and ink stains, one with minor missing portion lower left. Annotations include “61 & 63 Bay St, Double Bay.” Photographer’s stamp includes “O. Godfrey..... More
“Sackville Reach”, Hawkesbury River, NSW
1927. Silver gelatin photograph, panorama, title, date and photographer’s line in negative lower left to right, 20.4 x 94.2cm. Slight foxing overall, minor soiling to upper portion. Framed. Photographer’s line includes “P. Moore, 10 Honnere St, Wellington [NZ].”. More
![Rural Landscape]. John B. Eaton, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL191-88.JPG?v=1513996550)
[Rural Landscape]
c1927. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil in lower margin, 26.7 x 36.8cm. More
[Views Of Inner-City Sydney]
1928. Nine vintage silver gelatin photographs, each captioned and dated in ink on backing below image, 11.3 x 15.7cm (approx. each). Minor silvering, chips, laid down on original backing. Captions read 1). Sydney from the bridge, (St James’ steeple in distance); 2). East Sydney (Woolloomooloo) from Domain; 3). Circular Quay..... More
Sydney Harbour Bridge Collection
c1928-1930s. Consisting of 38 items including hand-coloured dye-line print plan, panoramic and other silver gelatin photographs, pencil drawing, etching, gouache illustration design, colour lithograph poster, certificate, and various process lithograph and process screen prints, several items signed or dated, most titled or captioned, sizes from 6 x 10.5cm to 100.3..... More
![Sheep Grazing By Trees]. John B. Eaton, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL178-66.JPG?v=1492665084)
[Sheep Grazing By Trees]
c1930s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil in lower margin, 27.9 x 36.4cm. Slight foxing to margins. More
![The Yarra, Melbourne]. John B. Eaton, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL178-67.JPG?v=1492665084)
[The Yarra, Melbourne]
c1930s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil in lower margin, 22.6 x 30.1cm. Minor foxing. More
![Winthrop Hall [University of Western Australia]. Harry S. Lucraft, Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL178-90.JPG?v=1492665100)
Winthrop Hall [University of Western Australia]
c1930s. Bromoil, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 32.6 x 25.6cm. Silvering to lower portion of image. Born in Adelaide, cardiologist Dr Harry Stephenson Lucraft worked at the Royal Perth Hospital in Western Australia. A highly respected doctor, he was also known as “a skilled and artistic amateur..... More
![Courtyard]. Henri Mallard, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL178-92.JPG?v=1492665100)
[Courtyard]
c1930s. Bromoil transfer, 16.7 x 31cm. Old creases to image lower left, foxing and old glue stains to margins. Provenance: Mallard estate. More
Mark Foy’s Store and Hugh Victor Foy
c1910-c1930s. (1) [Mark Foy’s Building, Sydney], c1910. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 26.2 x 31cm. Slight silvering, minor foxing, crazing. Framed. Mark Foy’s Department Store, known as “The Piazza”, opened in 1909 on the block bounded by Liverpool, Elizabeth and Castlereagh Streets, Sydney. Since 1985 the building has operated as The..... More