![Mountain Ash [Marysville, Victoria]. Attrib. Nicholas Caire, Australian.](/pictures/thumb/CL191-20.JPG?v=1513996497)
c1880. Albumen paper photograph, captioned in pencil verso, 19.4 x 15cm. Minor crinkles overall, small chips and repaired tears to edges of image. Caption continues “(Euc. amygdalina) at alt. 2430’, Div. Range. Height 300’, girth at 2’ up 64’.”. More
![Big Ben, The Largest Tree [Victoria]. Attrib. Nicholas Caire, Australian.](/pictures/thumb/CL191-21.JPG?v=1513996497)
c1880. Albumen paper photograph, captioned in ink on accompanying slip from original album, 15.5 x 20.8cm. Discolouration to edges of image, laid down on original backing. Caption continues “Victr [Victoria]. 56 feet girth, 450 [feet] high, 1200 years old.” Held in National Museum of Australia, with the comment “‘Big Ben’..... More
![[Native Police Troopers, Herbert River, Queensland]](/pictures/thumb/CL191-22_1.JPG?v=1513996497)
c1880s. Group of four albumen paper photographs, each annotated in pencil verso, 5.8 x 9.5cm to 10.9 x 16.1cm. All with minor crinkles, silvering, discolouration or stains, two with missing portions or repaired tears. Annotations include “N. Police boat, Herbert River”, “Planter’s residence, Herbert River” and “[?] Creek, Kennedy District.”..... More
![[Queensland Trans-Continental Railway Expedition Members]](/pictures/thumb/CL174-34.JPG?v=1492653646)
c1881. Albumen paper photograph, captioned in ink on backing above and below image, 14.9 x 20.7cm. Minor foxing and retouching to centre of image, laid down on original backing. Caption reads “Taken at the Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy’s House, Brisbane, Queensland. Peter G. Grant, John Robinson, M. Inst. C.E., J...... More
![[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
![“The West Bourke Plate Galop” [Sir William John Clarke]](/pictures/thumb/CL181-71.JPG?v=1486091732)
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
![[Garden Palace, Sydney, Before And After Its Destruction By Fire]](/pictures/thumb/CL169-39_1.JPG?v=1492490626)
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
![Public School, Bondi [Wellington Street]](/pictures/thumb/CL174-36.JPG?v=1492653649)
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
![[Prince Of Wales Victorian Volunteer Light Horse Regiment]](/pictures/thumb/CL185-12.JPG?v=1486091907)
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
![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
![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
![[Panorama Of Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW]](/pictures/thumb/CL185-16.JPG?v=1486013064)
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
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
![Queensland. No. 1 Tunnel [Dularcha Railway Tunnel]](/pictures/thumb/CL185-20.JPG?v=1486091919)
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
![Leeder And Co, Chemists [Temora, NSW]](/pictures/thumb/CL181-97.JPG?v=1486012500)
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
![Benevolent Asylum [Railway Square, Sydney]](/pictures/thumb/CL172-32.JPG?v=1492648612)
c1890s. Printout paper photograph, title transferred in a modern hand from photograph verso to backing verso, 14.2 x 20cm. Minor missing portions to edges, slight scuffs overall. Laid down on acid-free backing. Text on a sign includes “Benevolent Society of NSW and Lying-in Hospital. Out Door Relief Department. Lying-in hospital..... More
![[Queen Victoria Market, Sydney] and [Tram, King St Near Enmore Road, Newtown, NSW]](/pictures/thumb/CL172-35_1.JPG?v=1492648613)
c1890s. Pair of cyanotypes, 7.7 x 10.2cm (approx. each). Minor foxing overall. More
![[Ferries On Sydney Harbour] and [Sailing On Sydney Harbour]](/pictures/thumb/CL172-36_1.JPG?v=1492648614)
c1890s. Pair of cyanotypes, 7.8 x 10.1cm (approx. each). Slight foxing overall, minor missing portions to corners. More
c1890. Albumen paper photograph, negative number “283” in pencil in verso, 15.1 x 20.4cm. The Powerhouse Museum holds the original negative. Nineteenth century views of Randwick Racecourse are very uncommon. More
![[William Lister Lister]](/pictures/thumb/CL169-89.JPG?v=1492491455)
c1890. Albumen paper photograph, cabinet card format, autographed by Lister Lister in ink on image lower right, photographer’s line lithographically printed on accompanying original backing, 14.7 x 9.9cm. Soiling overall. Photographer’s line reads “Holm & Co. 354 & 356 George Street, Sydney (over Paling’s).” Born in Manly, NSW, William Lister..... More