c1920s. Vintage bromoil, titled and signed in pencil on backing below image, 22.4 x 23.7cm. Slight foxing, tipped to original backing. British-born Arthur Smith was a member of the Photographic Society of NSW and a regular writer for the Australasian Photo-Review. In the early 1930s, he wrote a series of..... More
c1920s. Two vintage silver gelatin photographs, postcard format, each captioned and signed or initialled in negative lower centre and right, both with photographer’s stamps verso, 8.7 x 14cm (approx. each). Slight stains overall, one with minor creases and missing portion to upper right corner of image. Captions and details read..... More
1921. Silver gelatin photograph, signed “Vera White” in pencil on backing below image, stamp with date “June 1921” and annotation in ink on backing verso, 14 x 19.1cm. Slight paper loss to margins, laid down on original backing. Framed. Stamp reads “H. Rousel, Signwriter, Sydney.” Annotations include “July 1922, 8..... More
c1921. Group of 22 silver gelatin photographs, most are annotated “Barrett Australian Productions” and captioned in negative, sizes from 18.2 x 14.7cm to 14.6 x 19.6cm. Minor creases, scuffs and silvering to the edges of some images. A Girl of the Bush was a 1921 silent film directed by Franklyn..... More
![Adelaide Show [Co-operative Insurance Co.]. K H. Wollaston, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL169-114.JPG?v=1492492926)
1921. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and annotated in various hands in white ink with photographer’s line in letterpress on backing below image, 15.3 x 20.9cm. Slight scuffs and soiling overall, minor missing portions to edges of image, laid down on original backing. Photographer’s line reads “K.H. Wollaston, 1 Currie..... More
![Fort Street [Boys’ High School, Petersham]. R P. Moore, Aust./NZ](/pictures/thumb/CL169-115.JPG?v=1492492926)
1921. Silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s blind stamp on backing below image, titled and dated in an unknown hand in ink on backing verso, 12.4 x 50.7cm. Slight soiling, foxing and scuffs overall. Blind stamp reads “R.P. Moore, Lyons Rd, Five Dock, Sydney.” Fort Street alumni are traditionally called “Fortians”. Prominent..... More
c1921. Group of 13 vintage silver gelatin photographs, postcard format, most captioned in negative lower left or right, four captioned and one dated in pencil verso, 7.5 x 12.2cm to 8.7 x 14cm. Minor scuffing, stains, creases or chips to edges. Views include Hunter and Bolton streets, Bar Beach showing..... 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
c1880s-1922. (1) John Barclay Godson (Brit./Aust., 1882-1957). Henry Lawson’s House, Abbotsford, 1922. Pencil drawing, titled, signed and dated “16/9/22” in pencil lower left to right, 13.6 x 19.7cm. Foxing. Framed. (2) Phillip Street, Sydney [Showing House Of Henry Lawson’s Mother On Left] , c1880s. Albumen paper photograph, titled, dated “late..... More
1922. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated “May 24” and signed illegibly in coloured pencil verso, 16.5 x 21.5cm. Pinholes, creases to right portion, slight silvering overall. Banner in image reads “Botany [NSW], Vote the Labor 5. Read the Labor Daily. [Frank] Burke, MLA; Long; [William] McKell MLA; [Thomas] Mutch..... More
![The Brisbane Hotel, Launceston]. Stephen Spurling, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL187-119.JPG?v=1496127464)
c1922. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated “Spurlings” in pencil on original mount below image, 51.5 x 40cm. Retouched scratches to image lower left, stains to upper portion and image centre, slight silvering. Framed. Possibly taken on the occasion of the visit of the Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes attending a...... More
1923. Etching, initialled and dated in plate lower right, signed, dated, titled and editioned 2/50 in pencil in lower margin, 15 x 19.8cm. Lightly inked impression, slight foxing overall. Held in SLNSW. Burdekin House in Macquarie Street, Sydney, was built in 1841 for merchant Thomas Burdekin (c1799–1844). “It was owned..... More
![Anzac Cove Gallipoli, Turkey [Looking North To New Zealand Point]. Walter Ernest Dexter, Brit./Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL181-121.JPG?v=1486012324)
1915/1925. Hand-coloured silver gelatin photograph, signed “Colarts [Studio, Sydney]” in ink on image lower right, 72.5 x 99cm. Original oak frame. Rare large format. Colarts Studios acquired the negative of this image taken by Padre Walter E. Dexter, and subsequently included it in their touring exhibition around Australia during the..... More
1925. Silver gelatin photograph, autographed and dated by a Leonard Pearson, one of the sitters, as marked with an “arrow” in ink on image lower left, 14.7 x 19.5cm. Slight stains and scuffs overall. More
c1925. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 7.2 x 9.6cm. Slight foxing and minor crinkles overall. Sign on horse-drawn wagon reads “Moving Pictures.” From the 1920s, motion pictures were made accessible to country towns in Australia via travelling picture showmen who worked a circuit. They found venues in the towns, such as..... More
1925. Vintage silver gelatin photograph in two panels, titled, dated “2/8/25” and monogrammed in negative lower left, 25.3 x 61.8cm. Slight silvering to edges, laid down on original backing. Framed. More
1925. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated by photographer “F. E. Morse”, and inscribed, signed and dated by Grainger in ink on image lower left, 33 x 26.1cm. Framed. Inscription reads “To that inspiring conductor and fellow musician Bernard Heinze, in memory of our joyous concert of Oct. 26..... More
1926. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed, annotated “Melbourne” and dated in negative lower right, 18.4 x 11.6cm. Minor retouching to lower portion of image, laid down on original backing. More
c1926. Two vintage silver gelatin photographs, annotated in ink and pencil with photographer’s stamp verso, 14.2 x 19.7cm to 16 x 20.7cm. Minor creases, scuffing, tears and ink stains, one with minor missing portion lower left. Annotations include “61 & 63 Bay St, Double Bay.” Photographer’s stamp includes “O. Godfrey..... More
c1927. Hand-coloured silver gelatin photograph, titled in image upper centre, and in ink on mount below image, 28 x 55.4cm. Stains, foxing and slight silvering overall, laid down on original backing. Framed. Title reads “Sydney and Suburban Electric Railways, Circular Quay Station.” The photograph is of a hand-painted rendition of..... More
1927. Silver gelatin photograph, panorama, title, date and photographer’s line in negative lower left to right, 20.4 x 94.2cm. Slight foxing overall, minor soiling to upper portion. Framed. Photographer’s line includes “P. Moore, 10 Honnere St, Wellington [NZ].”. More
c1890s-1927. Group of five portraits, four inspired by Henry King’s iconic photograph:. (1) Henry King (Aust., 1855-1923). Australian Aborigine, c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, cabinet card format, titled (faint) in negative lower left, photographer’s blind stamp on image lower right, caption in letterpress on backing below image, 14.7 x 9.9cm. Slight..... More
![Rural Landscape]. John B. Eaton, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL191-88.JPG?v=1513996550)
c1927. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil in lower margin, 26.7 x 36.8cm. More
c1927. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled in ink on backing below image, 10.7 x 15.3cm. Slight foxing and silvering, laid down on original backing. This image shows several horse-drawn carriages in a procession down Main Street, Katoomba. This photograph was most likely taken during the royal visit of the Duke..... More
1928. Silver gelatin photograph, captioned in ink on original mount below image, 30.9 x 18.3cm. Silvering and minor surface loss to edges of image, laid down on original backing. Bunnerong Power Station, now demolished, was a coal-powered electric power station in the south-eastern Sydney suburb of Matraville, New South Wales..... More