[Two Women Riding Donkeys]
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
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[Man With Baker’s Cart, Holland Park, London]
c1860s. Ambrotype, sixth-plate size, in original hanging case, 7.4 x 6.2cm (image), 9.5 x 8.3cm (case). Slight wear to case. Text on cart includes “Morrell. Baker...8 G… Terrace, Holland Park.”. More
[Man Outside “Thornber” Draper’s Store]
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
[House With People On Porch, USA]
c1860s. Ambrotype, half-plate size, in original hinged case, 9.1 x 12.4cm (image), 12.2 x 15.3cm (case). Slight oxidation to brass mat, old repairs to case hinge and minor wear to edges, new backing. More
![View From The Gap, South Head [NSW]. Edward Turner, Brit./Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL169-15.JPG?v=1492490578)
View From The Gap, South Head [NSW]
c1850s-1860s. Pencil, ink, wash and white gouache, circular format, obscured initials in ink lower right, titled lower centre in pencil, 32.3cm (diameter). Stains and soiling overall, pinholes, creases, repaired tears and missing portions to edges of image. Laid down on acid-free backing. Provenance: Turner family. Edward Turner, lithographer and publisher..... More
The Hon. Phillip Russell MP and James Russell
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
![Tarban Point And Mission House [Hunters Hill, NSW]. F C. Terry, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL169-21.JPG?v=1492490582)
Tarban Point And Mission House [Hunters Hill, NSW]
c1860s. Tinted lithograph, signed and titled in image lower left to right, 11.7 x 21.4cm. Slight creases to upper portion, stain to lower left corner. Framed. Held in National Library of Australia, listed with J. Degotardi & Co. as lithographer (John Degotardi (Aust., 1823-1882) was an important photographer and lithographer..... More
Hobart Town From The Wharf, Tasmania
c1860s. Albumen paper photograph, stereo card format, titled in ink on backing verso, 7.8 x 15.7cm. Slight foxing, laid down on original backing. More
Bank Of Australasia Pass Book For John Satchwell
1852-1860. Vellum-covered bank pass book with brass clasp and marbled edges, customer’s name inscribed on front cover and title page, with dated transactions in ink throughout, 15.7 x 10cm. Minor foxing and soiling throughout. Handwritten title page includes “The Bank of Australasia, Geelong [Branch]. Dr. to per contra Cr. John..... More
Photograph and Poem From Eliza Henrietta Dumaresq, Youngest Daughter Of William John Dumaresq Esquire
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
![Lower Macquarie Street, Sydney]. William Blackwood, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL191-8.JPG?v=1513996545)
[Lower Macquarie Street, Sydney]
c1860. Albumen paper photograph, 14.3 x 19.5cm. Soiling, foxing, tipped to original backing. Image is backed onto an original album page with pressed fern verso. Illustrated in Masterpieces of Australian Photography, Josef Lebovic Gallery, 1989, #27. This photograph is part of a six-panel panorama of Sydney, and appears in the..... More
![Portrait Of A Gentleman]. Gustave Le Gray, French](/pictures/thumb/CL191-9_1.JPG?v=1513996552)
[Portrait Of A Gentleman]
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
Ledcourt [Homestead, Colac, Victoria]
c1860s. Ambrotype, quarter-plate size in original hinged case, erroneously captioned “Leadcourt” in ink on label attached to glass, 8.7 x 11.8cm. Silver tarnish to image centre. Ledcourt was the home of John and Isabella Carfrae, who was the sister-in-law of Hugh Murray (1814-1869), an early pastoralist in the Colac area..... More
[Female With Driftwood, Possibly Euphemia Henderson]
c1860s. Tintype in 9 carat rose gold frame brooch with gold safety chain, marked “Whitehead, 9ct” on outer rim, 5 x 3.6cm (image). Raised and lost emulstion to top left corner and sitter's face. The sitter in the portrait is wearing a beaded collar, brooch and a locket, and appears..... More
[Officer From The 28th North Glouces-tershire Regiment Of Foot]
c1860s. Hand-coloured ambrotype, half-plate size in original case, 14.5 x 10cm. Old condensation stains to glass, slight tarnishing to image centre and gilt edges, missing front portion of case. This officer is seen seated with his “shako” cap in his lap. The hat is illustrated with the number “28”. The..... More
“La Terre” Four-Inch Desktop Globe With Stand
c1860. Globe with iron and turned wood stand, small compass affixed to base, accompanied by original handheld magnifying glass, 30 x 19cm (with stand). Oxidation, minor crazing and wear to varnish (globe), repaired missing portion to “North America” section. Text in French includes “Nuremberg, institute artistique de C. Abel-Klinger, editeur.”..... More
[On The Australian Goldfields]
c1860s. Pencil with watercolour and gouache housed in a daguerreotype case, initialled “W.M.” in pencil lower right, 5.2 x 8.5cm. Slight foxing to image. Two of the campsite buildings are captioned “police” and “store.”. More
Tinnevelly Girls At A Missionary Boarding School [India]
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
Botanical Floral Prints
c1860s. Two colour lithographs, one with artist name “F. Yerna”, both with title and publisher’s line in image lower left to right, 23.5 x 15.6cm (approx. each). Slight foxing. Framed. Publisher’s line reads “Paris. Imp. Zanote, 13 r. des Boulangers.” Images depict (1) Pancratium illyricum, (its Italian name “giglio stella”..... More
Seven And Eight Claims, South Monkland, Queensland [Gympie, Gold Mining]
c1860s. Albumen paper photograph of a drawing, titled in image lower centre, captioned in pencil on backing below image, 9.6 x 13.6cm. Laid down on old backing. Caption reads “Gympie Qld, known as Nashville.” The North Queensland town of Gympie was previously named Nashville, “after James Nash, who discovered gold..... More
![Two Girls In Meadow]. John Everett Millais, Brit](/pictures/thumb/CL168-98.JPG?v=1492489420)
[Two Girls In Meadow]
1861. Etching, numbered “10”, monogrammed, dated with artist’s name and text in plate above and below image, 9.6 x 16.4cm. Two perforations to left margin. Text reads “Plate 10. J.E. Millais. London. Published December 1st 1861, by Day and Son, Lith. to the Queen.” Provenance: Estate of Dr Constable, former..... More
Plan Of Parramatta Gaol
1861. Hand-coloured lithograph, title, date and text “Sig. 157” in image upper centre and lower right, 67.6 x 48.6cm. Uneven margins, foxing overall, minor tears to old folds. This plan of Parramatta Gaol was attached to the “Report of the Select Committee on the Public Prisons of Sydney & Cumberland”..... More
Toogood Family Portraits
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
Profile Portrait Of Charles Baudelaire
1862/later printing. Etching, monogrammed upper left and artist’s name and printer’s line in plate below image, 10.8 x 8.9cm. Text reads “Peint et gravé [painted and engraved] par Manet, 1862. Imp. A[lfred] Salmon.” 2nd state. Ref: Harris #59. Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821-1867) was a French poet, essayist and art critic..... More
The Brook In The Clearing
1862/later printing. Cliché-verre, signed in image lower left, 21.6 x 19.2cm (paper). Minor discolouration and foxing to upper and lower edges of image, slight rubbing, tears and paper loss to corners of border. Ref: Melot #D137. Daubigny, Corot and other artists of the Barbizon school were the first to experiment..... More