1972/2006. Collection of 23 silver gelatin photographs, each signed in ink in lower margin, and dated, titled, signed and annotated with negative number in pencil verso, sizes from 27.5 x 28.8cm to 36.9 x 27.5cm. Images include Indigenous and Pacific Island people. A detailed list is available upon request. More
2004/2009. Colour digital print, signed, titled and dated in ink in lower margin, captioned and dated in ink verso, 55.5 x 37cm. Caption reads “Margaret Cunneen SC, Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor.” Held in SLNSW. More
1969/2010. Collection of 30 silver gelatin photographs, each signed in ink in lower margin, and numbered, annotated “Haymarket, Sydney”, dated, signed and titled in pencil verso, 30.3 x 20.3cm or 20.3 x 30.3cm (approx each). This series of images was taken at the beginning of Scott’s career, where the daily..... More
1961-2014. Fifty (50) digital prints, some from negative-based images, all printed in 2014, titled, signed and dated in lower margin, some annotated, all editioned 1/3, titled, signed and dated in pencil verso, sizes range from 26.3 x 26.4cm to 27.4 x 43.4cm. A few with minor printing stains to upper..... More
![Item #CL191-62 Microscope Double, Royal Alexandra Hospital For Children [Camperdown, NSW]....](/pictures/thumb/CL191-62.jpg?v=1513996529)
1994/2017. Silver gelatin photograph, signed, titled and dated in pencil verso, 28.2 x 19cm. Excerpt from Liz Cotter: “The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children project enabled me to follow the experiences of patients in this century-old facility prior to its closure and relocation. I was able to document interactions between..... More
c1870s. Hand-coloured albumen paper photograph, carte-de-visite format, annotated “6548” in pencil and studio line on backing verso, 9.3 x 6.1cm. Slight scuffing, laid down on original backing. Studio line reads “W.H. Schroder’s Photographic Gallery, 645 George Street (opposite the Haymarket,) Sydney.” Image shows “No. 1” on the firefighter’s helmet and..... More
c1863-1881. Silver gelatin photograph and two letterpress brochures with wood engraving cover illustrations, each annotated in ink in various hands, accompanied with portion of typed letter postmarked “San Francisco, Calif. 8. Jun 16, 1959”, 14.7 x 10cm (photograph), 18 x 10.7cm, 18 x 11.3cm. Creases, slight tear, discolouration and embossing..... More
c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, partially obscured title on backing below image, 14.6 x 20.3cm. Slight surface loss to edges and to original backing. Text on depicted gold bars reads “Peak Hill GF Ltd, WA.” Peak Hill is the name of a goldfield area and the site of a gold mining..... More
c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, carte-de-visite format, printed studio line and annotation in ink on backing verso, 6 x 9.7cm. Foxing overall, missing portions to edges, laid down on original backing. Photographer’s line includes “Sydney Photo Co., 233 Pitt Street.” Annotation reads “Mr & Mrs J. Woodland.”. More
c1870s-1890s. Group of seven items comprising four albumen paper photographs, a hand-coloured tintype, a wood engraving and letterpress card, and a colour digital photograph, most captioned in various hands in ink or pencil verso, two with photographer’s line or stamp on backing, sizes from 6.3 x 4.5cm to 10.2 x...... More
c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, 14 x 18.8cm. Surface loss to far left figure, laid down on original backing. Aboriginal trackers were enlisted by British settlers to assist them in “navigating their way through the Australian landscape. The trackers’ hunter-gatherer lifestyle gave rise to excellent tracking skills which were advantageous to..... More
c1890s. Pair of albumen paper photographs, 21.2 x 14.5cm. Wear and chips to edges, scuffs overall, laid down on original backing. One image shows four men with mining tools standing at a mine’s entrance, which is in a hillside, with a retaining wall above it. The other image shows the..... More
1891. Printout paper photograph, titled and dated in ink, with photographer’s label and slips of newsprint dated in ink affixed to backing verso, 15.9 x 21.7cm. Minor scuffs to surface, paper loss to edges, laid down on original backing. Label reads “Mr. N.J. Caire, Landscape Photographer, Toorak Road, South Yarra.”..... More
c1892. Albumen paper photograph, cabinet card format, 14.6 x 9.6cm. Slight foxing, indentations and scuffing, laid down on original backing. Advertising text in image includes “Mrs E.F. Williams, L. Williams, manager. Pebble spectacles from 5’. New frames fitted to old spectacle glasses. Work done for the trade. Lenses ground &..... More
c1896. Pair of printout paper photographs, one annotated in negative lower centre, both stamped “A.S. Bransgrove” on backing below image, one inscribed with date in another hand in pencil on backing verso, 10.3 x 15cm, 10.6 x 15.3cm. One with slight soiling and tear to upper portion, both scuffed and..... More
![Item #CL174-63 [Sydney Street Life]. fl. c. Aust., s](/pictures/thumb/CL174-63_1.jpg?v=1492655813)
c1895-1900. Collection of 40 albumen paper photographs, some numbered in negative, sizes from 8.3 x 6.4cm to 7.7 x 10.4cm. Foxing, discolouration, some with repairs, slight tears, creases or missing portions to edges. This unusual and rare collection includes diverse images of street traders and labourers of various ethnicities, laundry-women..... More
c1900. Group of three images comprising one vintage silver gelatin and two printout paper photographs, one is annotated in ink on image lower right, with photographer’s line printed on backing below image, another photograph is annotated “Brandt Bros” in pencil on backing verso, sizes from 13.4 x 9.1cm to 15.1..... More
![Item #CL199-63 [Pearling Luggers] and [Divers, Thursday Island](/pictures/thumb/CL199-63_1.jpg?v=1585635249)
c1905. Two printing-out paper photographs, one with photographer’s line “Nicholas St Austen Studio, Thursday Island” studio line and “no. 1” in negative lower right, 15 x 20.1cm. Missing portions to upper left and lower right corners of one image, tears, perforations and creases, slight fading to both. One image shows..... More
c1909. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 15.1 x 20.5cm. Slight scuffing and chips to centre and lower right, laid down on original backing. Boxes for “J. Twentyman, Hatter & Mercer, est. 1856, 23 Bridge St, Ballarat East” and for “Woods & Mason, Melbourne”, can be seen in the image lower right..... More
c1912. Print-out paper photograph, numbered “34” on image lower right, captioned in Italian with part-English, annotated and signed in Italian in ink and pencil verso, 20.3 x 14.3cm. Minor tears to upper and right edges, slight handling creases. Annotation includes “D.G. Capra, Pont-St-Martin.” Priest Don Giuseppe Capra, a native of..... 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
c1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 10.8 x 15.5cm. Minor scuffs and stains overall, surface loss to edges, laid down on original backing. Depicts a group of employees and customers at the mill. English-born Henry Hugh Suttor Francis (1852-1937) moved to Cowra, NSW, in the 1880s and was a builder, flour..... More
c1920. Silver gelatin photograph, 11 x 15.5cm. Image shows three men standing in front of the store. Store sign includes “H.R. Vallis, manager, late A.I.F.” Vallis’ son, Henry Raymond, 2nd Australian Field Artillery Brigade, left Sydney on the HMAT Aeneas on 30 September 1916. He was listed as “Acting Bombardier”..... More
![Item #CL191-148 Lathe Operator At Marweight [Engineering], Burnley, Melbourne. Wolfgang...](/pictures/thumb/CL191-148.jpg?v=1513996404)
1968. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated “3996-O”, captioned “Marweight” and dated in pencil with photographer’s stamp verso, 19.4 x 25.3cm. Uneven surface due to glazing process. Stamp reads “Wolfgang Sievers, Photographer. 52 Edward St, Sandringham 3191. Telephone (03) 598 6302. Melbourne, Australia.” Held at NGV. The name Marweight Equipment Pty..... More
1983/1995. Silver gelatin photograph, titled and dated in pencil verso, 32.3 x 47.4cm. Image published in SMH, March 1983 for a major article about shearers and the introduction of the “wide-comb,” and the subsequent strike. More