![Torrens River, Adelaide, South Australia]. Captain Sweet, British/Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL187-52.JPG?v=1496122614)
c1881. Albumen paper photograph, title transferred from original backing by restorer in pencil verso, 16.2 x 21.2cm. Minor missing portion to lower edge. Laid down on acid-free backing. Erroneously titled “Torrens Lake.” Similar image held in State Library of SA with text “…The buildings visible in the background are possibly..... More
![“Ivanhoe” In Dry Dock, Melbourne]. Charles Nettleton, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL191-24.JPG?v=1513996499)
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
c1881. Two albumen paper photographs, captions in image, 18.5 x 23.7cm (each). Minor crinkles. Caption in one image reads “Photographed from sketches by Mr Hay, HMS Emerald. Excelsior Photo Company, 78 King Street, Sydney.” Mr. Hay, who is likely to have produced the drawings, was the second lieutenant aboard the..... More
c1878-1882. Sheet music in letterpress with albumen paper photograph laid down on cover, signed by a “Jane W., Smith” and photographer’s line “Foster & Martin” in ink upper right and on photograph lower right, 7.5 x 6.3cm (photograph), 36.6 x 27.1cm (paper). Slight foxing and soiling, minor tears to edges..... More
c1879-1882. Group of seven albumen paper photographs, some captioned in negative, some annotated in pencil verso or on old backing, three with photographer’s stamp verso, sizes from 10.2 x 18.6cm to 26.3 x 35.4cm. Slight stains, creases, repaired tears to some images. Photographer’s stamp reads “J. Paine Photo, Sydney [Aust...... More
c1882. Pair of albumen paper photographs, photographer’s line on backing below image, 43.3 x 25.9cm (approx. each). Slight foxing and discolouration, minor missing portions to edges, laid down on original presentation backing. Text reads “Boyd. 250 & 252 George St [Sydney]. Miss Annis Montague as Mignon. Mr Chas. Turner as..... More
c1882. Two albumen paper photographs, carte-de-visite format, each sitter’s name in pencil or ink with studio line on backing verso, 9.7 x 5.7cm (each). Slight foxing, laid down on original backing. Studio line reads “Slade [William Joseph], Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW.” Sitter Dominic Sonsee (c1850–1883), who was two feet in..... More
c1883. Albumen paper photograph, titled in pencil on backing below image, 24.4 x 29.7cm. Slight stains to edges, laid down on original backing. The school opened in March 1883 and within a month the enrolment had grown from 66 pupils to 89. Ref: Bondi Public School, NSW. More
1884. Composite albumen paper photograph of 29 military Personages, inscribed and dated in ink on backing below image, 37.5 x 29.1cm. Slight foxing overall, minor silvering to image lower right, laid down on original backing. Inscription reads “Presented to Surgeon Beaney with kind regards, Caleb Anderson. Major Com’dg Reg’t P...... More
![Masonic Gathering Outside Oxford Hotel, King St, Sydney]. William Henry Schroeder, c. Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL187-55.JPG?v=1496122616)
c1884. Print-out paper photograph, captioned in pencil in unknown hand with photographer’s line on backing below image, 26.1 x 21.4cm. Repaired tear to image lower right, laid down on original backing. Captions reads “Nicholas Weekes, Robert Patterson Negus.” Photographer’s line reads “W.H. Schröder & Co., Photographers, 671 George Street, Sydney.”..... More
![Horseshoe Falls [Canadian Side Of Niagara Falls]. George Barker, Canadian/Amer](/pictures/thumb/CL185-13.JPG?v=1486091909)
c1885. Albumen paper photograph, 49.7 x 41.1cm. Retouching and repaired tears to image edges and upper and lower centre, crazing, minor silvering. Laid down on acid-free backing. Similar image held in Library of Congress. See also items 17-18. More
![Red Bluff From Stony [Sic] Creek [Cairns, QLD](/pictures/thumb/CL187-48.JPG?v=1496121242)
c1885. Albumen paper photograph, titled in negative lower left, 18.5 x 24.3cm. Minor foxing to upper edge. An artist at his easel appears in the foreground. Stoney Creek is located in the Barron Gorge National Park, Cairns, Queensland. The Kuranda Scenic Railway, built from 1886, runs through the national park..... More
![The Loop Above Georgetown U.P Rv. [Union Pacific Railway Viaduct]. W H. Jackson, American](/pictures/thumb/CL191-25.JPG?v=1513996500)
c1885. Albumen paper photograph, negative number “211”, caption and studio line in negative lower left to right, photographer’s name and annotations in pencil and ink with two partially obscured stamps on backing verso, 24.8 x 33.2cm. Creases, minor missing portions to corners and stains to edges, slight silvering to left..... More
![On Culpaulin Station, Darling River [NSW]. Charles Bayliss, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL185-14.JPG?v=1486013047)
1886. Albumen paper photograph, captioned “Plains between Wilcannia and Menindie [sic]” in pencil verso, photographer’s blind stamp on image lower left, 18.6 x 29.4cm. Slight creases and minor foxing to upper portion of image. Framed. From an album entitled, Views of scenery on the Darling and Lower Murray during the..... More
c1886. Albumen paper photograph, five-panel panorama, captioned in negative lower centre, 31.8 x 126.2cm. Slight foxing and stains to upper portion, crazing, minor cracking, silvering and repaired missing portions. Linen-backed. The view commences from the left showing Darling Harbour and Pyrmont Bridge, Pyrmont Bay and East Balmain, ending with Wynyard..... More
![Animal Locomotion, Plate 675 [Running Pig]. Eadweard Muybridge, Brit](/pictures/thumb/CL185-15.JPG?v=1486013057)
1887. Collotype with letterpress, title, date and photographer in text below image, 21.4 x 34.9cm. Slight foxing to margins, old mount burn. Held in Wellcome Library, London, with the comment “One of 781 collotypes which form Eadweard Muybridge’s magnum opus, Animal Locomotion, 1887. This work originated in an attempt to..... More
c1888. Six-panel albumen paper photograph panorama, 21.8 x 151.2cm. Slight discolouration and tear to left portion, slight foxing and stains to right portion, minor silvering and crinkles overall. Taken from “Clifton” House, Kirribilli Point. Shows views of Miller’s Point, The Rocks, Circular Quay, Bennelong Point, Botanic Gardens, Mrs Macquarie’s Chair..... More
![Niagara Falls [Cave Of The Winds]. George Barker, Canadian/Amer](/pictures/thumb/CL185-17.JPG?v=1486091918)
c1888. Albumen paper photograph, 49.8 x 41.2cm. Minor stain to image upper right, minor foxing to centre of image, slight crazing. Laid down on acid-free backing. Held in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, with the comment “…George Barker moved to Niagara Falls, New York, in the early 1860s and..... 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
c1890. Albumen paper photograph, 49.7 x 41.3cm. Retouching and repaired tears to image centre and edges, minor paper remnants to image lower left. Laid down on acid-free backing. Held in National Gallery of Canada. More
c1890s. Seven hand-coloured and varnished albumen paper photographs, laid down on two sheets, annotated “no. 3” and “no. 8” in watercolour upper right, 38.8 x 18.8cm to 28.2 x 37.6cm. Slight paper remnants to one sheet, creases and soiling overall, laid down on original backing. Toys illustrated include dolls, puppets..... More
c1890s. Printout paper photograph, partially obscured title in pencil with two “Exclusive News Agency” stamps verso, 26 x 21.5cm. Minor tears, creases and silvering to edges of image, laid down on original backing. Title includes “On the picturesque [?].” Stamps read “Copyright ENA. When used please return photo at once..... More
c1890s. Printout paper photograph, 10.6 x 15cm. Scuffs and slight soiling, surface loss to edges, laid down on original backing. An advertisement for Oscar Wehrstedt, “Draper, Murray St, Gawler” appeared in the newspaper Bunyip, Gawler, SA on 29 January 1875. At the time the store was located opposite the Bunyip..... More
![Kurnell [NSW]. John Paine, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL181-88.JPG?v=1486012470)
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. Albumen paper photograph, cabinet card format, photographer’s stamp on backing verso, 9.9 x 14cm. Stain to upper left corner, dent to lower portion, foxing. Stamp reads “Fitzalan Photo.” Fitzalan was a photographer based in Trundle, NSW. William Frederick Leeder was a chemist who worked in various towns in NSW..... More