c1847. Daguerreotype, “Royal Polytechnic” printed studio label remnant with torn brown paper slip annotated in ink affixed to frame verso, 7.6 x 6.4cm (image), 16.1 x 15cm (frame). Slight oxidation to lower portion of image including faint spots. Original frame. Label remnant with missing text reads “[R]oyal [P]olytec[hnic]. 309, R [Regent Street].”..... More
1852. Daguerreotype, accompanied by two handwritten letters and one postmarked envelope, letters inscribed and dated in ink, envelope addressed in ink with two wet stamps, one with partially legible postmark “Melbourne Victoria…1853”, the other “L JY 3 A”, 6.7 x 5.3cm (image), 9.3 x 8.2cm (case), approx. 24.7 x 38.7cm (letters). Slight tarnishing..... More
![Item #CL172-7 [Campells Wharf, Sydney]; Sydney, St Mark’s Steeple; and...](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL172-7_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1492648593)
1858. Three albumen paper photographs, megalethoscope format, titles and annotations in various hands in ink on two stretcher bars verso, 18.8 x 26.6cm (approx. each image), 23.2. x 31.3cm (overall size each). Foxing and slight soiling overall, each laid down on original backing and cedar stretchers with remnants of further..... More
1859. Composite albumen paper photograph, consisting of 79 Personages and a letterpress key, each portrait with a reference number in negative, photographer’s blind stamp and publisher’s line with date on original backing below image, 43.3 x 33.4cm (oval). Foxing overall, minor surface loss to image lower left, laid down on..... More
![Item #CL191-5 Uncle Frank Tozer, Warrnambool, Australia [and] Jane Tozer, Aged 32, 4th May](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL191-5_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1513137589)
c1859. Pair of albumen paper photographs, one captioned in ink on backing above image, the other captioned in ink verso, 9.5 x 7.1cm, 9.7 x 7cm. One with slight crinkles and mottled surface; the other with slight creases, soiling, dents. Illustrated in Masterpieces of Australian Photography, Josef Lebovic Gallery, 1989..... More
c1859. Albumen paper print, carte-de-visite format, titled in pencil verso, 5.8 x 8.8cm. The St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company in 1859 constructed a loop line from St Kilda to Windsor. This line passed through Albert Park and crossed St Kilda Road not far from Union Street west by an..... More
c1850s-1860s. Pair of albumen paper photographs, each titled in ink on backing below image, 9.9 x 9.8cm. Slight soiling and creases, each laid down on original backing. Rare early single panels from a stereo view. More
c1860s. Albumen paper photograph, stereo card format, number “47”, title and photographer’s line in letterpress label affixed to backing verso, 8.1 x 7cm (approx. each). Slight soiling, laid down on original backing. More
c1860s. Albumen paper photograph, stereo card format, annotated “Australia” and titled in ink on backing verso, 7.4 x 7.1cm (approx. each). Slight soiling, vertical crease to centre of backing. More
c1860s. Pair of albumen paper photographs, stereo card format, number “108”, photographer’s line and title in letterpress label affixed to backing and annotated in pencil verso, 8.1 x 7cm (approx. each). Minor foxing. Annotation reads “We have begun to destroy the beauty of this creek. It will no longer run..... More
c1860s. Pair of hand-coloured albumen paper photographs, carte-de-visite format, both captioned in ink, one with photographer’s line on backing below image, both with photographer’s line lithographically printed on backing verso, 9 x 5.5cm, 9.4 x 6cm. Slight foxing, both laid down on original backing. Captions include “Carngham [near Ballarat, Victoria].”..... More
c1860s. Albumen paper photograph, stereo card format, titled in ink on backing verso, 7.8 x 15.7cm. Slight foxing, laid down on original backing. More
![Item #CL191-8 [Lower Macquarie Street, Sydney]. William Blackwood, Aust](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL191-8.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1513137589)
c1860. Albumen paper photograph, 14.3 x 19.5cm. Soiling, foxing, tipped to original backing. Image is backed onto an original album page with pressed fern verso. Illustrated in Masterpieces of Australian Photography, Josef Lebovic Gallery, 1989, #27. This photograph is part of a six-panel panorama of Sydney, and appears in the..... More
c1860s. Ambrotype, quarter-plate size in original hinged case, erroneously captioned “Leadcourt” in ink on label attached to glass, 8.7 x 11.8cm. Silver tarnish to image centre. Ledcourt was the home of John and Isabella Carfrae, who was the sister-in-law of Hugh Murray (1814-1869), an early pastoralist in the Colac area..... More
c1860s. Albumen paper photograph of a drawing, titled in image lower centre, captioned in pencil on backing below image, 9.6 x 13.6cm. Laid down on old backing. Caption reads “Gympie Qld, known as Nashville.” The North Queensland town of Gympie was previously named Nashville, “after James Nash, who discovered gold..... More
c1857–1861. Ambrotype, 8.5 x 11.6cm (image), 12 x 15 x 1.7cm (case). Oxidation to edges of image. In original case, with broken hinge and wear. This is one of the largest surviving ambrotypes taken during the Australian gold rush in Ballarat. The image is unusually detailed: in addition to showing with great clarity..... More
![Item #CL191-11 [Portrait Of A Gentleman]. Perez Batchelder, Amer./Aust](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL191-11.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1513137589)
c1863. Two hand-coloured albumen paper photographs, carte-de-visite format, in original stereo viewer hinged case, studio line on backing verso, gilt maker’s mark on stereo viewer, 7 x 5cm (approx. each); 24.4 x 15.2cm (open case). Minor damage to mount. Studio line reads “Photographed by Batchelder & O’Neill, Collins Street, East..... More
c1859-1864. Albumen paper photograph, typed title on accompanying slip, 15.4 x 20.8cm. Stains to upper edge, slight foxing overall. More
c1864. Leather-bound album with metal clasps and ivory or bone trim, containing 31 albumen paper photographs, carte-de-visite format, many photographs captioned in ink on album pages, most with printed photographers’ studio lines verso, photograph sizes range from 6.4 x 9.3cm to 8.8 x 6cm (approx. each), 16 x 13.5 x 5.5cm (album). One photograph..... More
![Item #CL174-21 [Portrait Of A Man]. Australian: William, James](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL174-21_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1492653601)
c1865. Hand-coloured albumen paper photograph, oval format, photographer’s label verso, 16.4 x 12.9cm. Archivally remounted in original bird’s-eye maple frame. Label reads “Freeman Brothers Gallery of Photography, 231 George Street, Sydney.” Back of frame has a rare original early label “R. Smith, Picture Frame Maker, 7 York Street, one door..... More
c1865. Albumen paper photograph, carte-de-visite format, captioned in ink on original backing verso, 5.7 x 9.6cm. Fading, slight foxing, laid down on original backing. Rare view of Government House from the street in carte-de-visite format. The State Library of Western Australia holds similar images, but not this particular street view. More
c1866. Albumen paper photograph, text including title and photographer’s name on backing below image and verso, 9.1 x 6.1cm. Laid down on original backing. Text includes “The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, 110 & 108, Regent St and 54, Cheapside. Sole photographers to the International Exhibition 1862.” “The Tichborne Trials..... More
c1867. Albumen paper photograph, carte-de-visite format, titled in ink with studio line on backing verso, 5.8 x 9cm. Laid down on original backing. Studio line includes “Medal awarded to S. Clifford, Intercolonial Exhibition Victoria, 1866 for architectural & landscape photography. Samuel Clifford, Liverpool Street, Hobart Town.”. More
c1868. Albumen paper photograph, captioned in ink and pencil on original backing above and below image, 12.7 x 17cm. Slight discolouration to upper portion, minor cockling, laid down on original backing. Lyons Terrace consisted of a “row of five elegant townhouses built in Liverpool Street opposite Hyde Park for emancipist Samuel..... More
c1869. Albumen paper photograph, carte-de-visite format, titled in letterpress on backing below image, annotated “Woodward” in pencil with studio line on backing verso, 6 x 10cm. Foxing, laid down on original backing. Studio line reads “James Brothers. London Portrait Studio, Kiama.” Ref: Joseph L. Davis, The James Gang: Illawarra’s earliest..... More