Lining Up [Skiing]
c1936. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 20.2 x 22.4cm. Provenance: Mallard estate. More
c1936. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 20.2 x 22.4cm. Provenance: Mallard estate. More
c1936. Collection of 42 vintage silver gelatin photographs with accompanying original illustrated album cover, mounted together with Paul Mallard’s sports carnival results card. The cover, entitled Kosciusko Souvenir Photographic Album is inscribed to son Paul Mallard by various hands in ink upper left and verso. The sizes range from 7.8..... More
c1908. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, postcard format, title, caption and photographer’s line in negative lower right, annotated in ink verso, 13.4 x 8.6cm. Slight scuffing, creases. Text reads “19. ‘A right to the body, & ready for shift.’ Kerry, Sydney.” Annotation reads “Mind you don’t get a punch in the..... More
2000/2017. Silver gelatin photograph, numbered “16”, signed, titled and dated in pencil verso, 18.9 x 28.3cm. “The aim of ‘Our City, Our Games’ was to observe and record Sydney’s transformation to an Olympic City. My proposal to document the city and its people during the brief period of intense world..... More
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
c1988. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, press print, typed caption and text on slip adhered verso, 15.1 x 25.3cm. Text includes “SMH” [Sydney Morning Herald] and names of some of the workmen (riggers) involved in the construction of the stadium’s roof. Image shows the Sydney Football Stadium, which was built in 1988..... More
1976. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed by photographer’s wife Kerry Oldfield Ellis in ink in authentication stamp verso, 15.2 x 21cm. Slight stains to margins. Illustrated in Ellis, Decade: 1970–1980, SLV, p188. The thoroughbred racehorse Van der Hum won the 1976 Melbourne Cup, ridden by New Zealand..... More
1971/1974. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed, titled, dated and annotated “3046” in pencil verso, 22.6 x 33.6cm. Minor creases and foxing to margins. More
c1930s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s stamp verso, 14.8 x 20.1cm. Silvering and pin holes to edges of image, paper loss to left and right margins. Stamp reads “Copyright photo, S.J. Hood, Press Photographer. Tel. B 1845. 124 Pitt St, Sydney.” Illustrated in Masterpieces of Australian Photography, Josef Lebovic Gallery..... More
1976. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated and dated “’76” in ink on backing verso, 30 x 37.9cm. Pinholes, slight stains to image upper left and centre, scuffing and minor silvering. Laid down on old board. Image shows brothers Ian Chappell and Greg Chappell, Doug Walters and Rick McCosker. Annotation includes..... More
c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, title and caption transferred from original backing by restorer in pencil verso, 15.5 x 23.2cm. Minor creases. Laid down on acid-free backing. Caption reads “Carter, Jobson, Simpson, Saunders.” Established during the 1890s by Harry M. Bathem, “Beetaloo” is a cattle station located in the Northern Territory..... More
c1910s. Eleven (11) vintage silver gelatin photographs, six in panorama format, in a string-bound album, 6.9 x 9cm to 14.1 x 19.3cm. Silvering, minor chips to edges, all laid down on album page, one with tape. Photographs show groups of young men in bathers on the beach, in a line-up..... More
1962, 1981. Pair of vintage silver gelatin photographs, one with Dawn Fraser’s autograph with “S.A. 1957” in pencil on accompanying slip, with various dates and publishing annotations and stamps including typed label with caption verso, the other photograph is stamped “14 May 1981” verso, 24.2 x 19.2cm, 23.9 x 18.9cm..... More
c1950. Silver gelatin photograph, press print, captioned and dated “1950” in pencil verso with publishing annotation, 18.5 x 10.4cm. Minor creases and indentations. Born in south-east Queensland, Elliot “Elley” Bennett (1924–1981) was an Aboriginal boxer who was Australian champion in both the bantamweight and featherweight divisions. In 2005 he was..... More
1910s-1930s. Three photograph albums containing 200 vintage silver gelatin photographs, two albums are annotated with captions and some dated in ink on album page below images, sizes range from 4.9 x 3cm to 24.4 x 19.2cm. Minor silvering, most images laid down on album page. Albums contain many family photographs..... More
c1870s-1890s. Group of seven items comprising four albumen paper photographs, a hand-coloured tintype, a wood engraving and letterpress card, and a colour digital photograph, most captioned in various hands in ink or pencil verso, two with photographer’s line or stamp on backing, sizes from 6.3 x 4.5cm to 10.2 x...... More
1908. Ten vintage silver gelatin photographs, postcard format, each captioned with studio line in negative lower portion, sizes range from 13.4 x 8.6cm to 14 x 8.9cm. Slight creases and scuffing overall. This group includes six postcards of Johnson, and four postcards of Burns, three by photographer Charles Kerry. On..... More
c1893. Pair of printout paper photographs, captions with date and illegible annotation in pencil verso, 11.2 x 15.1cm, 10.9 x 14.8cm. One with creases to edges, the other with minor chips to edges. One image shows 13 women in two rows, with cricket bats. The other image shows a cricket match in..... More
c1902. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, captioned in ink on mount below image, 17.9 x 22.8cm (photograph), 52 x 62.5cm (frame). Slight silvering and retouching to image, some cracking to added plaster motif on original frame. Caption continues “Osterley [&] Yarrawonga. Driver, Gus Milsom.” Plaster motif on wooden frame consists of thistles. Lightfoot..... More
c1940s. Three vintage silver gelatin photographs, one image with title in negative lower centre and typed “Associated Press” label with date “27.11.46” verso, another image captioned in pencil with “The Argus” stamp date “7 Dec. 1948” verso, sizes range from 14.9 x 10.3cm to 20.5 x 15.6cm. Minor silvering, creases..... More
c1908. Printing-out paper, captioned and signed in ink on backing below image, 19.6 x 14.5cm. Edges of photograph lifting away from slightly foxed backing. Born in Jimbour, Queensland, Adolphus William Lund was the eldest son of August Lund (1840–1924), who was a leading business figure and citizen in Gin Gin..... More
1908. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, panorama format, captioned with photographer and date in negative lower right, mounted with colour facsimile of admission ticket to the match, 37.1 x 94.4cm. Minor foxing overall. Original frame. Caption continues “14 rounds, won by Johnson on points. Stadium, Sydney, Dec. 26th, 1908. Purse £7,500..... More
c1908. (1) Burns–Johnson Contest , 1908. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, title, date and photographer’s line in negative centre right, 30 x 38cm. Surface loss, crazing, scuffs, soiling. Framed. . Text includes “Sydney, Dec. 1908. 12. Kerry Copyright.” See item 104. (2) [Jack Johnson In The Ring] , c1908. Vintage silver..... More
1968. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed and dated in pencil verso, 38.6 x 30.3cm. Tears and chips to edges, creases overall. One of the competitors is wearing a Gosford athletic club patch. More
1968/2009. Silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil in lower margin, titled and dated verso, 40.6 x 35.3cm. Illustrated in Bishop, In dreams: thirty years of photography 1960–1990, p32. “Boxer Lionel Rose was the first Indigenous Australian to win a world title in boxing, and later the first Indigenous Australian to..... More