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
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
1875. Albumen paper photograph, captioned and dated “24th May 1875” in image lower centre, photographer’s blind stamp on backing below image, 26.8 x 20.5cm. Slight foxing overall, minor surface loss to upper edge, laid down on original backing. Framed. Caption reads “Presented by the officers of the NSW Naval Brigade..... More
c1881. Albumen paper photograph with pencil detailing, text including photographer’s line in letterpress on backing below image, 21.5 x 27.4cm. Foxing, laid down on original backing. Photographer’s line reads “C. Nettleton, Photo., Melbourne.” Illustrated in Calado, Ingenuity: Photography and Engineering 1846-2006, plate 184. There is an entry in the Melbourne..... More
1888. Albumen paper photograph, titled in ink on backing below image, 20.6 x 13.8cm. Slight foxing and discolouration, laid down on original backing. Held in Northern Territory Library collection, listed as “The Jetty from Stokes Hill, Port Darwin, NT, September, 1888.”. More
c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, titled and initialled “JP” in negative lower left, photographer’s stamp verso, 13.3 x 19.4cm. Minor crinkles overall. Stamp reads “Published (Copyright) by J. Paine Photo, Sydney.”. More
c1890s. Pair of cyanotypes, 7.8 x 10.1cm (approx. each). Slight foxing overall, minor missing portions to corners. More
c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, photographer’s line “J.W. Lindt, Photo., Melbourne” in negative lower left, 15.2 x 20.3cm. Creases to right portion and upper left corner, small missing portions to edges, minor crinkles. The depicted ship is sailing with only one topsail, as the rear mast appears to be broken off..... More
c1892. Pair of cyanotypes, one annotated in pencil verso, 7.7 x 10.2cm (approx. each). One with minor crinkles to edges. Annotation reads “by T.S.D. c1892/3.”. More
c1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil on backing below image, 21.3 x 19cm. Surface loss, chips and soiling to image, laid down on original backing. More
1921. Ten vintage silver gelatin photographs, postcard format, five annotated “SS Wollongbar” in gouache on image lower left or right, 8 x 13.1cm. Silvering, minor creases. Three photographs in this group form a panorama of the town of Tweed Heads, NSW. On 14 May 1921, the SS Wollongbar ran aground..... More
c1934. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated “From Verichrome negative” by Mallard in pencil in lower margin, illegible annotation in another hand in pencil verso, 16.5 x 25.3cm. Minor soiling overall, slight creases and cracking to margins. Provenance: Mallard estate. Ref: NLA. The RMS Strathnaver, an ocean liner of the Peninsular..... More
1934. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, captioned in ink on original backing below image, 15.7 x 39.8cm. Uneven edges, slight silvering, creases, scuffing. Caption continues “Steamship Company Orient Ltd, Copenhagen. 5th October 1934.” Danish motor vessel Victoria ran aground Tunkalilla Beach in October 1934 during a storm. Despite attempts to free..... More
c1936. Collection of five vintage silver gelatin photographs accompanied with 1877 ferry timetable, 12.9 x 23.4cm (approx. each photograph), 21.1 x 16.7cm (timetable). Foxing, stains, dents, surface loss to two images, missing portions to margins of one photograph. Four images show terminals for Manly Beach (Wharf 3); Musgrave St, Mosman Bay, Luna..... More
c1950s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and dated “1950s” in pencil with two photographer’s stamps verso, 21.2 x 32.6cm. Stains to image centre, creases, slight crinkles and scuffing overall. Stamps include “Kerry Dundas, 56 Chepstow Villas, London W11, Bayswater” and “1/25 Bay Street, Double Bay, NSW 2028.”. More
1952. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated in pencil with photographer’s stamp and typed caption in label verso, 25.6 x 18.2cm. Slight creases and scuffing overall. Caption continues “Most migrating families were headed for South Australia and the new town of Elisabeth.”. More
1958/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in ink in lower margin, 35.8 x 35.1cm. Provenance: David Moore estate. Illustrated in David Moore: Sydney Harbour, 1993, p68. More
1960. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 27.5 x 33.4cm. Slight creases and stains to margins, retouching to image overall. Provenance: Henri Mallard estate. More
c1948/1990s. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated “c1948” and signed in ink and pencil in lower margin and verso, 33.9 x 33cm. Provenance: David Moore estate. Held in Australian National Maritime Museum. “In 1951 Moore took the brave step of turning down an offer of a junior partnership with Dupain to..... More
c1940s–1980s. Forty-two (42) vintage silver gelatin photographs, most annotated with ship names and various details in ink and pencil, some with photographer’s stamps from locations in Victoria, Hobart (Tasmania), Wales and Kent (UK) verso, 9 x 14cm (approx. each). Slight scuffing, stains and crinkles overall. Images include Australian tug boats..... More
c1857. Albumen paper photograph, stereo card format, titled in negative lower right, 7.9 x 15cm. Foxing and discolouration overall, laid down on original backing. Success was an Australian prison ship and convict hulk, built in 1840. Formerly a merchant ship which traded around the Indian subcontinent, Success was sold to..... More
c1870s. Albumen paper photograph, typed caption in label affixed to backing verso, 15.1 x 20.2cm. Foxing, laid down on original backing. Caption reads “This photograph shows the old Government boat shed in the 70’s on the east side of Circular Quay where the Horse Ferry used to land its passengers..... More
c1872. Albumen paper photograph, carte-de-visite format, titled in blue ink with a partly obscured printed photographer’s line on backing verso, 2.7 x 9.9cm. Foxing overall, laid down on original backing. The Grafton Steam Punt was launched in 1868. Photographer Stevenson arrived in Grafton circa 1871-1872, eventually taking over J.W. Lindt’s..... More
c1890s. Group of 13 albumen paper photographs, one numbered in negative, sizes from 6.3 x 9.9cm to 15.2 x 20.4cm. Foxing, discolouration, repaired slight tears or missing portions to edges. Includes images of Circular Quay, Manly, the North Shore, and ferries on Sydney Harbour. One image shows cattle on a...... More
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
1908. Sixty-three (63) items comprising of 40 vintage silver gelatin photographs in stereo card format; 16 postcards; two framed paintings; one framed lithograph; two commemorative booklets; and two pieces of lithographic ephemera, one painting signed “B. Barker”, several items captioned with ship names and dated “August 1908”, sizes include 4.6..... More