![Item #CL172-28 [Main Street, Home Rule, NSW] and [Woman Standing In Doorway, Gulgong,...](/pictures/thumb/CL172-28_1.jpg?v=1492648608)
c1872. Pair of albumen paper photographs, carte-de-visite format, each with studio stamp and numbered “18278” and “18329” respectively in pencil verso, 6 x 10.1cm (approx. each image). Minor foxing, each laid down on original backing. Studio stamp reads “American & Australasian Photographic Company. Sydney Office. 324 George Street.” Illustrated in..... More
1985/1986. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, initialled and exhibition date “’88” in ink on image lower right, titled, signed and dated “5 Nov. 1985” and “printed 1986” in pencil verso, 22.9 x 34.5cm. Caption in image reads “Nyuntu Anangu Maruku Ngurangka Ngaranyi. You are on Aboriginal land.” Illustrated in Gemes, Proof..... More
![Item #CL191-63 Koala, Circular Quay. Our City, Our Games, Sydney [Olympics]. Liz Cotter,...](/pictures/thumb/CL191-63.jpg?v=1513996530)
2000/2017. Silver gelatin photograph, signed, titled and dated in pencil verso, 18.9 x 28.3cm. Excerpt from Liz Cotter: “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..... More
![Item #CL185-100 [Live Audience In ABC Studios]. Max Dupain, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL185-100.jpg?v=1486013016)
c1956. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, erroneously dated “1946” in ink with photographer’s stamp verso, 20.6 x 21.6cm. Minor surface loss to image lower left. Stamp reads “Max Dupain photographer. Max Dupain and Associates, 49 Clarence St., Sydney, 2000. 29-4901.”. More
1958/later printing. Digital print from negative-based image, signed in pencil in lower margin, 38 x 29.7cm. A 1958 print of this image was annotated “On the summit of Observation Hill, Ross Island is this huge cross made of Australian jarrah timber in memory of Captain Scott and his men who..... More
2008/2009. Vintage selenium-toned silver gelatin photograph, signed in ink in lower margin, titled, dated, annotated “selenium-toned” and signed in pencil verso, 35 x 22.7cm. Minor creases in image lower right. More
![Item #CL195-149 North Head, Sydney [Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race]. Roger Scott, b.1944 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL195-149.jpg?v=1557900011)
1973/2002. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in ink verso, 50.5 x 75.3cm. Minor crinkles. Illustrated in Roger Scott: from the street, 2001, p47. This is an unusually large format, printed for an exhibition. More
![Item #CL195-151 Sydney Harbour [Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race]. Roger Scott, b.1944 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL195-151.jpg?v=1557900015)
1977/2002. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in ink verso, 50.6 x 75.5cm. Minor creases and crinkles. Illustrated in Roger Scott: from the street, 2001, p46. This is an unusually large format, printed for an exhibition. More
![Item #CL195-6 [The City Of Ballarat, NSW, From The Town Hall]. William Bardwell,...](/pictures/thumb/CL195-6.jpg?v=1557900158)
1872. Albumen paper photograph, eleven-panel panorama, 16.5 x 204.5cm. Repainted portion to one image, repaired minor tears to edges. Linen-backed. This panorama shows Ballarat from the east, moving south along Armstrong Street. Businesses include Holmes’s Bank Hotel, Edinburgh Castle Hotel, Wests Hotel, Town Hall Hotel, Stork Hotel, and Ballarat Auction..... More
![Item #CL187-55 [Masonic Gathering Outside Oxford Hotel, King St, Sydney]. William Henry...](/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
![Item #CL194-89 [Goldfields, Western Australia]. William Roy Millar, c. Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL194-89_02.jpg?v=1543548763)
c1901. Two printout paper photographs, one image with photographer’s line in negative lower left, studio stamp on backing verso, 14.9 x 20.3cm (each). Slight foxing and stains, minor missing portions, laid down on original backing. Studio stamp reads “W. Roy Millar, Photographer. Bayley St, Coolgardie.” British-born William Roy Millar “is..... More
1919. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by both Smith brothers in ink on backing below image, 29.7 x 40cm. Slight developing flaws to image centre, silvering and discolouration to edges. Framed. In 1919, Prime Minister Billy Hughes offered a £10,000 prize on behalf of the Australian government to the first..... More
1875. Albumen print photograph, carte-de-visite format, annotated in ink and dated “September 19th 1875” in pencil verso, 10.5 x 6.5cm. Bumped corners. Annotation reads “Costume of the diggers in P.D. [Port Darwin]. All the gentlemen dress just like they do in Melbourne. Mr Solomen [sic]” and in another hand “September..... More
1911. Silver gelatin photograph, 31.4 x 25.9cm. Repaired paper loss to upper portion of image, slight crinkles and silvering overall, creases with cracking and surface loss to edges of image, tape verso. A variant image, which was included in collectors’ list CL147, item 105, was accompanied with a typed caption..... More
![Item #CL169-29 [Kelly Gang] Steve Hart and Sub-Inspector O’Connor](/pictures/thumb/CL169-29_1.jpg?v=1492490595)
c1870s. Pair of albumen paper photographs, captioned in ink on album page below image, 9.1 x 5.7cm (approx). Hart’s photograph has a hole to the centre of image, slight fading, stains, and foxing overall. O’Connor’s has slight foxing, stains and crinkles overall. Both photographs have a trimmed upper edge and..... More
![Item #CL187-120 [Birtles Car Adventure From Darwin To Adelaide]. Francis Birtles, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL187-120_1.jpg?v=1496127464)
c1924. Thirteen (13) vintage silver gelatin photographs, each with negative number “376” or “C812” stamped verso, 7.8 x 13.7cm (approx. each). Slight scuffing overall, minor tears or creases to margins. Adventurer, photographer, cyclist and filmmaker Francis Birtles motored in his Oldsmobile from Darwin to Adelaide in 1924, with the trip..... More
1917. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 22.9 x 35.3cm. Retouching to image, minor scratches to surface, chipped edges. Framed. Taken during the Shackleton expedition prior to Hurley serving in WWI. Illustrated with caption in Millar, From Snowdrift to Shellfire, 1984, p43. Provenance: Hurley descendant. More
![Item #CL181-109 Great Suffragette Demonstration In London [Australian Section]. George Rose,...](/pictures/thumb/CL181-109_1.jpg?v=1486012316)
1911. Pair of vintage silver gelatin photographs, stereo card format, each with a serial number “11,950” or “11,951”, title with caption, photographer’s name and date in negative lower left to right, photographer’s line on backing both sides of image, 8.5 x 15.2cm (approx. each). Minor scuffs and stains, slight surface..... More
![Item #CL178-60 “Southern Cross” Over Canberra [Pilot Charles Kingsford Smith]. Max...](/pictures/thumb/CL178-60.jpg?v=1492665079)
c1930s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in ink on image lower right, titled and dated in pencil verso, 23.7 x 20.2cm. Creases and scuffing overall, chips to edges. More
![Item #CL185-98 [The “Southern Cross” In Flight For The Film “Smithy”]. Max Dupain, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL185-98.jpg?v=1486013176)
c1945. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed and dated “’47” in pencil verso, 19.1 x 25.9cm. Slight creases to upper right and lower left corners, minor scuffing and chips to lower right edge. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith flew the Southern Cross in the first ever trans-Pacific flight to Australia from the..... More
![Item #CL187-29 Gold Diggers, Andersons Creek [Victoria]. Melbourne Stereoscopic Co, fl. Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL187-29.jpg?v=1496120234)
c1860s. Albumen paper photograph, stereo card format, letterpress studio line and titled in ink on backing, 7.7 x 14.5cm. Missing portion to image lower centre and backing lower right. Studio line reads “Melbourne Stereoscopic Co., 92 High Street, St. Kilda.” Andersons Creek, east of Melbourne, Victoria, near Warrandyte State Park..... More
1975/2013. Digital c-type photograph, signed, dated and titled in ink verso, 120 x 120cm. Framed. Also available in a smaller silver gelatin photograph, 39.9 x 27.4cm. Illustrated on page 81, In Dreams. Mervyn Bishop: Thirty Years of Photography, 1960-1990. Held in AGNSW, NGA. Bishop commenced a four year photography cadetship..... More
1975/1990. C-type photograph, captioned, dated and signed in pencil verso, 30.5 x 30.5cm. Minor creases and paper loss to margins. Illustrated in Bishop, In Dreams: Thirty Years of Photography, 1960-1990, ACP, 1991, p81. Held in AGNSW, NGA. Bishop commenced a four year photography cadetship with the Sydney Morning Herald in..... More
1905. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s blind stamp “S. Cocks Photo” below image on backing, captioned and dated in a later hand in pencil on backing verso, 14.8 x 20cm. Slight silvering, minor chips to edges, laid down on original backing. Photographer’s work held in State Library of NSW. In..... More
1901. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, captioned and dated “15/6/01” by Francis Gillen[?] and annotated in recipient’s hand in pencil verso, 10.6 x 15cm. Minor creases, foxing. Annotation reads “Posted to me by Mr Gillen at Alice Springs.” Held in Museum of Victoria, noting the following people from left to right..... More