1967. Collection of 40 silver gelatin photographs attributed to Gervaise Purcell (Aust., 1919-1999) and one C-type photograph, all in spiral bound album, 30.1 x 25.1cm (paper size). Water damage including surface loss, stains and buckling to edges of most images, slight creases, tears or paper remnants to some images. Prime..... More
1967. Three vintage silver gelatin photographs, all titled, signed and dated in pencil verso, 24 x 30.2cm to 24.5 x 20.4cm. Slight creases to corners, crinkles to edges. Titles include (1) Guest’s Bedroom; (2) Sitting Room, Canberra, Holt Era; and (3) Entrance Staircase. More
c1968. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, Gorton’s signature in ink on slip attached verso, with inscription in ink on accompanying card, 14.8 x 20.6cm. Slight cracking, stains to upper right corner. Inscription reads “To Denis Bradley, from Jack Gorton.” On 10 January 1968, John Gorton became the 19th Prime Minister of..... More
1973. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, captioned “Bob Menzies”, titled, dated “July 1973” and signed by photographer’s wife Kerry Oldfield Ellis in ink in authentication stamp verso, 16.9 x 24.2cm. Minor crinkles, pinholes to edges not affecting image. “When [Calwell] died I took my camera to the service at St Patrick’s..... More
1973. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated “July 1973” and signed by photographer’s wife Kerry Oldfield Ellis in ink in authentication stamp verso, 24.5 x 19.2cm. Minor crinkles. More
1974. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, publishing annotations in crayon and ink on image and verso, 20.6 x 25.4cm. Slight crinkles, creases to edges. Annotations include “Pollard’s Soccer Records, page 24.” Jack Pollard’s Soccer Records was compiled by Sid Grant and published in 1974. Ref: The Guardian; Oz Football. More
c1974/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, captioned, dated, signed with photographer’s line in pencil verso, 23.2 x 35.3cm. Photographer’s line includes “PO Box 685, Darlinghurst.” Held in NLA. More
1975. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil verso with an erroneous title and date, 17 x 24.3cm. Developing flaws, creases, old handling crinkles. Gough Whitlam, whose term of office was from 5 Dec. 1972 to 11 Nov. 1975, opened the Modern Masters exhibition on 9 April 1975, commencing with..... More
c1975. Process lithograph poster, 72.4 x 47.6cm. Replaced and repaired corners, surface loss and creases. Linen-backed. Text continues “D. Cahill, 377 Sussex Street, Sydney. Printed by Endeavour Lithographic P/L.”. More
1975. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated, and signed by photographer’s wife Kerry Oldfield Ellis in ink in authentication stamp verso, 17.6 x 24.4cm. Minor crinkles, pinholes to upper edge of image. More
c1976. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, captioned, signed and dated “1970s” in pencil with photographer’s stamp verso, 16.1 x 24.5cm. Caption reads “The central figure is Malcolm Fraser, at time Prime Minister of Australia, talking to a curator of a Tasmanian Art Gallery (?). Left to right, foreground: Michael Kmit, Peter..... More
![Item #CL195-77 Sir John Kerr [Governor General] And Winning Jockey, Melbourne Cup. Rennie...](/pictures/thumb/CL195-77.jpg?v=1557900183)
1976. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed by photographer’s wife Kerry Oldfield Ellis in ink in authentication stamp verso, 15.2 x 21cm. Slight stains to margins. Illustrated in Ellis, Decade: 1970–1980, SLV, p188. The thoroughbred racehorse Van der Hum won the 1976 Melbourne Cup, ridden by New Zealand..... More
c1977. Process screenprint, autographed by William and Sonia McMahon in ink on image, 11.5 x 16.6cm. Accompanying slip with typed date “21 April 1977” includes “The RT. Hon. William McMahon, CH, MP. 100 William St, Sydney 2011...” William McMahon became the 20th Prime Minister in 1971, replacing John Gorton. He..... More
![Item #CL195-78 Bob Hawke, Melbourne Cup [Flemington Racecourse]. Rennie Ellis,...](/pictures/thumb/CL195-78.jpg?v=1557900184)
1982. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed by photographer’s wife Kerry Oldfield Ellis in ink in handwritten authentication statement verso, 16.2 x 24.1cm. More
c1983. C-type photograph, autographed in ink on image lower right with accompanying autographed slip, 25.1 x 20.2cm. Crease to centre of image. More
1985/1986. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, initialled and exhibition date “’88” in ink on image lower right, titled, signed and dated “5 Nov. 1985” and “printed 1986” in pencil verso, 22.9 x 34.5cm. Caption in image reads “Nyuntu Anangu Maruku Ngurangka Ngaranyi. You are on Aboriginal land.” Illustrated in Gemes, Proof..... More
1981/1990. Silver gelatin photograph, captioned, dated and signed in pencil verso, 28.3 x 40.3cm. Soiling, chips and creases to edges. Caption continues “On the occasion of the SMH’s Sesquicentenary (150 years).” Illustrated on page 93, In Dreams. Mervyn Bishop: Thirty Years of Photography, 1960-1990. More
c1990s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, autographed in ink on image lower centre, 20.5 x 15.5cm. Slight creases, indentations. More
c1990s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, mounted with stamped autograph and typed credentials, annotated “34/34A Gough Whitlam” in pencil with Fairfax copyright stamp verso, 20.5 x 15.3cm. Stamp includes “John Fairfax & Sons. 235 Jones Street, Broadway, 2007.”. More
![Item #CL172-146 Dr H.C. ‘Nugget’ Coombs [Economist]. Heide Smith, b.1937 German/Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL172-146.jpg?v=1492650668)
1991. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, annotated “III”, signed and dated in pencil verso, 38.5 x 30.3cm. Uncropped, showing full borders of negative. Variant image illustrated in Smith, A Portrait of Canberra and Canberrans, 2012, p165. More
1993. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in ink in lower margin, titled, dated and signed in pencil verso, 35 x 23.9cm. Minor scuffing and creases. Illustrated in Roger Scott: From the street, 2001, p106. More
![Item #CL172-147 Fred Daly [Politician]. Heide Smith, b.1937 German/Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL172-147.jpg?v=1492650669)
1994. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed and dated in pencil verso, 30.3 x 30.4cm. More
1994. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed and dated in pencil verso, 41.1 x 30.3cm. Variant image illustrated in Smith, A Portrait of Canberra and Canberrans, 2012, p39. More
c1995/later printing. C-type photograph, autographed in ink on image, 17.7 x 12.6cm. Minor soiling upper right, crease to centre of image. More
