c1920. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 23.2 x 31.1cm. Stains, foxing and slight tears to edges, laid down on original backing. Uncommon image of the Prince of Wales in Melbourne. Popularly known as ‘the Digger Prince’, his tour was Britain’s gesture of thanks for Australia’s role in WWI. Melbourne’s Grand Hotel..... More
1920. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, panorama, text including date, title and photographer’s name in negative upper and lower centre, 24.2 x 100.5cm. Slight crinkles to left portion and centre, tear to lower edge, foxing to right portion, surface soiling and wear to margins. Text includes “Sydney, 1920. Alan Row &..... More
c1895-1920s. Thirteen (13) items comprising of nine vintage silver gelatin photographs, two printout paper photographs and one platinum palladium photograph, plus one lithograph, five photographs with studio lines “Hall & Co., Sydney”; “Norman Photo, 19 Market St, Sydney”; or “The Swiss Studios, Sydney”, 10.8 x 14.8cm to 34.5 x 26.6cm..... More
c1920s. Pair of vintage silver gelatin photographs, each titled in ink on backing verso, 15.5 x 20.5cm (each). Silvering, slight foxing, laid down on original backing. Hattah Lakes, in the Hattah-Kulkyne National Park is situated adjacent to the Murray River and overlaps the Murray-Sunset National Park. The area was the..... More
![Steam Rising, Sydney Harbour]. Harold Cazneaux, 1878–1953 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL195-50.jpg?v=1557900147)
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
c1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, annotations including “f11” verso, 22.5 x 29.6cm. Slight foxing and silvering. More
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