c1919. Eight vintage silver gelatin photographs, each 11.6 x 15.2cm (approx. each). Slight silvering, creases and scuffing overall. Images show Macquarie Street and Queen’s Square in Sydney, heavily decorated, as well as the “Avenue of Allies” triumphal arch on the corner of Bridge and Macquarie Streets. The arch was surmounted..... More
1914-1919. Consisting of 239 items: 229 photographic or printed postcards; seven vintage silver gelatin photographs; one printout paper photograph; and two letterpress menus, many postcards inscribed, annotated or dated “1914” through to “28.6.1919” in ink recto and verso by Tulloh, sizes range from 8 x 11.5cm to 15.1 x 20.5cm..... More
1918/1919. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated “London Salon”, dated “1919”, signed and titled in pencil on backing below image, 13 x 20.6cm. Slight silvering, laid down on original backing with foxing. Framed. Bostock served as a gunner during WWI, and this is his only known photograph from the war. Held..... More
c1919. Vintage toned silver gelatin photograph, titled and signed in pencil on backing below image, 14.8 x 19.9cm. Repaired minor tear to lower left edge, minor cracking to image upper centre, laid down on original backing. Illustrated in The art of John Kauffmann, 1919, plate 4. This publication was “the..... More
c1919. Vintage toned silver gelatin photograph on textured paper, titled and signed in pencil on backing below image, 29.3 x 22cm. Slight retouching to image lower right. More
c1919. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, postcard format, captioned in negative lower centre, 7.9 x 13.2cm. Minor creases, silvering. A sign for “Don Pictures” and a poster for the film The Beggar of Cawnpore (1916) can be seen in the image, along with military personnel and an Aboriginal man dressed in..... More
c1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and annotated in pencil and ink in various hands with “NSW Govt. Printer” copyright stamp verso, 15.5 x 20.4cm. Slight creases and scuffing overall. Annotation reads “T.S. Champion, 1 Kissing Pt Rd, Turramurra [NSW].” Stamp reads “This photograph may be reproduced or published free..... More
![Sunset Hour [Perth]. August Knapp, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL185-113.JPG?v=1486013025)
c1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and signed with “FRPS [Fellow Royal Photographic Society]” in pencil in lower margin, 23.7 x 29.2cm. Similar work by Knapp is held by the National Gallery of Australia with the comment “Pictorialist photographers like Knapp were inspired by overseas models of art photography. Their..... More
1913-c1920. (1) William Beach, Champion Sculler, c1920. Silver gelatin photograph of original lithograph, inscribed, autographed and dated “15/10/20” by William Beach in ink on image upper right, 25.5 x 35.9cm. Soiling, slight silvering, dents and creases to edges, laid down on old backing. Inscription on photograph reads “To Mr Jack..... More
c1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 10.8 x 15.5cm. Foxing, laid down on original presentation backing. Cunliffe & Co. was listed as a general store in Stroud, NSW in a 1920s directory. Ref: City of Sydney archives. More
![Mosman Crew [Sculling]. Milton C. Kent, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL181-130.JPG?v=1486012331)
c1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s blind stamp to image lower right, titled with publishing annotation in ink verso, 14.9 x 20.5cm. Slight soiling, crop marks and cracks to edges of image. Stamp reads “Photo by Milton Kent, Sydney.” The 1920s was generally a successful decade for the Mosman Rowing..... More
![Action At Zonnebeke, Belgium]. Frank Hurley, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL172-97.JPG?v=1492650087)
1917/c1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, composite image, annotated “E5988” in an unknown hand in pencil with stamp verso, 13.8 x 19.1cm. Minor foxing overall. Stamp includes “Australian official photo no. Purchased from Australian War Museum, Wool Exchange, King St, Melb.” Illustrated in O’Keefe, Hurley at War: The Photography and Diaries..... More
c1920. Silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s stamp verso, 15.1 x 20.6cm. Minor foxing, stains, scuffs, slight crease to lower right corner. Stamp reads “Milton C. Kent [Aust., 1888-1965], Expert Photographer, 19 O’Conner St, Haberfield, NSW. Tel. U.2041.” Text on side of vehicle reads “Bond’s triple-wear hose. Supreme in service. Made in..... More
c1920s. Silver gelatin photograph, captioned in centre of negative, photographer’s line in letterpress on original backing, 14.8 x 20.1cm. Paper loss to edges, scuffs, soiling and foxing overall, laid down on original backing. Photographer’s line reads “Kingdon, Coonamble.” Signs on building and car read “W. Ellis, General Blacksmith” and “The..... More
![View From Bushranger’s Pt Near Newport Hill [NSW]. NSW Government Printer, commenced 1842 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL174-113.JPG?v=1492657546)
c1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, typed title on accompanying slip, 18.1 x 39.6cm. Discolouration to upper and left portions. Original frame. Shows Bungan and Mona Vale Beaches. More
c1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, postcard format, 13.5 x 8.2cm. Offsetting from newsprint to left portion of image, slight discolouration, foxing. More
c1920s. Group of four vintage silver gelatin photographs, three titled in various hands in ink and all with photographer’s blind stamp on backing below image, two annotated “Rockhampton” in ink on backing verso, 15.3 x 20.9cm (approx. each). Some silvering, minor surface loss, slight discolouration and foxing, each laid down..... More
1910-c1920s. Pair of postcards, one process screen with letterpress, and one vintage silver gelatin photograph, 14.1 x 8.3cm; 8.7 x 13.8cm. Pinholes, creases, foxing. Text for the process screen postcard includes “The Crown Studios, Vice-regal photographers, Sydney. While in town get photographed in ‘Emblo’. The Crown Studios, 448 George Street..... More
c1920s. Hand-coloured vintage silver gelatin photograph with pencil, signed in pencil on image lower right, 36.5 x 23.7cm. Slight soiling. Framed. Similar image held in NGV. The subject may be a Mary Josephine (Moya) Cassidy (c1902-1988) buried at Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery in Victoria. More
c1920s. Bromoil transfer, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 17.4 x 29.8cm. Stains to image and margins, old mount burn. Born in Geelong, Monte Luke worked as an actor on stage before developing an interest in photography. Theatre manager J.C. Williamson commissioned Luke to take portraits of stage..... More
c1920s. Toned vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in ink on image lower right, title and photographer’s name in label on frame verso, 38.4 x 31cm. Framed. More
c1899-1920s. Consisting of 15 items comprising six albumen paper and six vintage silver gelatin photographs, one letterpress and lineblock booklet, and two process screen images, one of which is affixed to a letterpress card, two photographs with photographer’s line “Henry King, Sydney” embossed on backing below image, sizes from 7..... More
1918/1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, typed caption label affixed to backing below image, 42.2 x 58.1cm. Slight retouching to centre of image and stains to upper portion, laid down on original backing. Original frame. Caption reads “A photograph taken on the morning of the 10th [August], 1918, during the advance..... More
![Edward, Prince Of Wales, With Dignitaries During Royal Visit To Australia]. Gordon Furlee Brown,...](/pictures/thumb/CL174-107.JPG?v=1492657541)
1920. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated “Prince of Wales” in pencil and photographer’s stamp verso, 24.2 x 31.8cm. Slight soiling to upper portion and crinkles overall. Stamp includes “Furlée. Copyright.”. More
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