1872-c1890s. Eight photographs consisting of five albumen paper photographs and three printout paper photographs, one image titled in Dutch “Baraboedoer [Borobudur]”, dated “1872” and numbered “70” in negative lower left to right, 15.9 x 21.7cm to 19.9 x 25.7cm. Slight foxing overall, most with some discolouration or surface loss to..... More

c1880s. Group of 9 albumen paper photographs, two titled with one showing photographer’s line and numbered “1068” in negative lower centre and right, one with photographer’s blind stamp “W. Gray” lower right, some titled in pencil verso, sizes range from 14 x 19.9cm to 19.3 x 24.2cm. Foxing, creases, some..... More

c1910s-1920s. Nine silver gelatin photographs, all numbered and most titled in negative, 9.3 x 14.4cm or 13.5 x 9.2cm (approx. each). Minor foxing, soiling and crinkles overall, some with slight tears, creases, missing portions or silvering to edges. Titles include: 1. A glimpse of the famous Summer Palace, Peking; 2..... More

c1870s-1880s. Group of 8 albumen paper photographs, various annotations in pencil verso, including “North view of President’s Mansion”, sizes range from 20.9 x 31.8cm to 21.6 x 33.8cm. Foxing, surface loss, tears and missing portions to edges. Buildings include (1) The Treasury Building (Pennsylvania Ave); (2) The United States Capitol;..... More

c1880s. Albumen paper photograph, 19.6 x 13.8cm. Minor tears to upper edge. Possibly Balinese. More

c1940s. Fifty (50) vintage silver gelatin photographs and two process screen prints, most in postcard format, laid down in a scrapbook, 31 of the photographs are autographed in ink by wrestlers, most annotated with their name by “Fred Phillips”, compiler of the scrapbook, 9.1 x 5.3cm to 22.8 x 18.1cm..... More

c1940s. Fifty-five (55) vintage silver gelatin photographs, some annotated or dated in pencil or ink or stamped “Internee, Camp Fayed Censor” verso, 8.1 x 10.7cm to 8.2 x 14.1cm. Minor handling creases, silvering or scuffing. Annotations in Italian include “Gruppo sportivo, Agosto 1944” and “Geneifa [POW Camp] – Febbraio 1944.”..... More

c1880s. Hand-coloured albumen paper photograph, numbered “A350” in negative lower right, 21 x 27.2cm. Minor creases to edges of image. The woman appears to be spinning cotton. A kiseru tobacco-smoking pipe appears by her left side. More

c1863. Glass lantern slide in original wooden mount, titled in pencil on mount above image and dated in ink on slip adhered to slide verso, 7 x 7.2cm. Foxing to lower portion. The SS Great Eastern was “an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by..... More

1868/1893. Photogravure, printed label attached to original mount verso, 26.8 x 20.7cm (image). Mount burn to margins. Label reads “This portrait is published for the subscribers to Appletons’ Scientific Library” and includes biographical information on Darwin. Provenance: Christies, London, 1996. This photogravure, most likely published by T. Fisher Unwin, was..... More

c1870s. Hand-coloured albumen paper photograph, 20.6 x 27cm. Minor crinkles overall. Most of the wares displayed are likely to be made of bamboo. A related image appears in Ohara (ed.), Japan 100 Years Ago: Peabody Museum of Salem, E.S. Morse Collection/Photography, Shogakukan, Japan, 1983, p127. Italian-born Felice Beato was a...... More

c1900. Sixteen photographs consisting of 14 printout paper photographs and two silver gelatin photographs, most captioned in Dutch in ink on album page below image, 8.5 x 14.2cm (approx. each). Minor scuffs, surface loss or strikethrough due to glue verso to some images, all tipped to original album pages. Locations..... More

1940/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated “1940” and signed in pencil verso, 28.1 x 20.2cm. Minor crinkles to margins. In 1933 Aaron Siskind “joined the Film and Photo League in New York, a group of documentary photographers devoted to improving social conditions in contemporary society through their pictures. While..... More