c1880s. Albumen paper photograph, 15.3 x 21.1cm. Stains to upper portion, discolouration to edges, minor cockling, some paper loss verso. Photograph shows four women and one man, seated with sorted tubers in what appears to be a coastal area. One of the objects on the ground among the tubers appears..... More

c1900–1910s. Pair of printout paper photographs, panorama format, each captioned in pencil verso, 9 x 30.7cm (approx. each). Some discolouration, minor chips to edges. Taken on board a ferry off Dawes Point, the first image shows the future location of the Sydney Opera House at Bennelong Point, and Circular Quay..... More

c1900–1910s. Pair of silver gelatin photographs, panorama format, each captioned in pencil verso, 8.8 x 30.4cm (approx. each). Minor chips and silvering to edges. The first image features pedestrians, a policeman directing traffic, horse-drawn vehicles and a tram at the intersection of King and George Streets, Sydney. The building on..... More

c1892. Albumen paper photograph, cabinet card format, 14.6 x 9.6cm. Slight foxing, indentations and scuffing, laid down on original backing. Advertising text in image includes “Mrs E.F. Williams, L. Williams, manager. Pebble spectacles from 5’. New frames fitted to old spectacle glasses. Work done for the trade. Lenses ground &..... More

c1890/1909. Pair of vintage silver gelatin photographs, postcard format, each titled with photographer’s name in negative lower left to right and inscribed in ink in various hands verso, 8.9 x 14cm (approx. each). Slight creases, minor stains. Photographers’ lines read “Mrs Caspers Photo” and “Rice Photo.” Inscriptions read: (1) “Mrs..... More

c1890s–1900s. Three two-panel printing-out paper photographs, panorama format, each with caption and “St George Photo” studio line in ink on backing below image, 13.5 x 31.5cm to 14.8 x 41cm. Some buckling, laid down on old backing. In original, carved folk art frame with horizontal split. Captions read “Rosebank Convent..... More

c1884. Albumen paper photograph, titled in negative and photographer’s blind stamp lower right, 15.2 x 20.4cm. Discolouration and minor tears to edges, slight foxing, soiling lower left, minor surface loss verso. Sydney Zoo opened in 1884 at Moore Park, and relocated to the current Taronga Zoo site in 1916. Sydney..... More

1930. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated “Sydney Bridge” in ink by Hoppé or his assistant with several stamps including photographer’s copyright and “Dorien Leigh Ltd” agency stamps verso, 24.9 x 17.9cm. Emil Otto Hoppé was a German-born British portrait, travel, and topographic photographer active between 1907 and 1945. He moved..... More

1917. Pair of vintage silver gelatin photographs, postcard format, one captioned and dated “15.8.17” in negative lower centre and photographer’s stamp verso, 8.7 x 13.7cm (approx. each). Slight scuff upper left, pinhole lower right. Stamp reads “Photo by [obscured] Percival, Queanbeyan.” Text on the float at the left edge of..... 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

1968. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated “3996-O”, captioned “Marweight” and dated in pencil with photographer’s stamp verso, 19.4 x 25.3cm. Uneven surface due to glazing process. Stamp reads “Wolfgang Sievers, Photographer. 52 Edward St, Sandringham 3191. Telephone (03) 598 6302. Melbourne, Australia.” Held at NGV. The name Marweight Equipment Pty..... More