Fine Art
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# 50907
GRAHAM, Anne Marie (1925 - )
10 lithographs on “Australians” by Anne Graham. (Copy number 1)
[Melbourne?] : [the artist?], 1975. Gilt-lettered cloth portfolio (lightly flecked) titled ‘Anne Graham Lithographs’, 44 x 61 cm; containing a lettered title sheet (discoloured, with a couple of small holes) and ten lithographs, each with a numbered tissue guard (some are creased); the graphics all in fine condition, each signed, titled and numbered by the …
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# 51027
NICHOLAS, G. H.
Portraits of Captain Edward Montague Battye of the Mounted Police, and his wife Catherine. Cooma, New South Wales, mid 1870s.
A companion pair of albumen print photographs, carte de visite format, 98 x 64 mm (mounts); versos with the back mark of travelling photographer G. H. Nicholas, one inscribed in ink in his hand ‘Cooma’; a few spots of foxing outside the oval portrait cartouches, otherwise both cartes are in very good condition. These portraits …
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# 50597
DAVIES & CO.
A post-mortem photograph of “Baby Sellar”, St. Kilda (Melbourne), 1862.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 110 x 68 mm (mount); recto with contemporary inscription in ink: ‘Baby Sellar’; verso with studio’s printed label: ‘Photographed by Davies & Co., Artists, 98, Bourke Street East, Opposite the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, and High Street, Junction, St. Kilda’; very light foxing to both sides. According to Davies …
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# 50951
[Photographer unknown].
Photographs taken on Norley Station, including Aboriginal nanny “Lollypop” with white children. Channel Country, Southwest Queensland, 1917.
Three gelatin silver print photographs, in uniform 110 x 66 mm format; two have annotations by the photographer on the verso, reading: ‘Lollypop, Baby & Mary / Norley 1917’, and ‘Maggie cleaning knives; Lollypop & children under kitchen verandah / Norley 1917’; the third is not captioned but shows a large group of Aborigines assembled …
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# 43255
[Photographer unknown]
Tinted daguerreotype portrait of a seated woman in profile with painted cloud backdrop, dated February 1854.
[British, 1854]. Ninth-plate daguerreotype with applied colour, 55 x 42 mm (sight), inscribed in ink verso ‘Feby 54’; in an arch-top brass mat with ormolu preserver, housed in a plain leather case with working clasp; the daguerreotype is in very fine condition, with just a a tiny area of tarnish at lower right corner; the …
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# 50880
BATTARBEE, Rex (1893 - 1973)
Fashion, 1924
Pen and ink on artist’s board, 200 x 65 mm (image), 255 x 115 mm (card), tissue guard, unsigned, verso with the artist’s design label ‘R. E. Battarbee, Fashion Artist, Illustrator & Designer, 2nd Floor, 372 Flinders Lane’, authenticated by the artist’s daughter Gayle Quarmby. An exquisite small pen and ink by Australian artist Rex …
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# 50836
LESAINT, Edward (1870-1940) (director)
Sydney-born Australian silent film actress Louise Lovely in two scenes from “Painted Lips” (1918).
Los Angeles, California : Edward LeSaint, [c.1918]. Two gelatin silver print photographs on lightweight card stock, in identical 160 x 210 mm format; the negatives inscribed ‘LeSaint 2439’ and ‘LeSaint 2739’ and the versos with old pencil annotations: ‘Louise Lovely’ and ‘The Straw Cellar’, respectively; both prints are in fine condition (unframed). Two stills from …
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# 50897
ADAMS, Tate (1922 - 2018)
Tropical wood-engravings.
Melbourne : Zimmer editions, 1997. Quarto (350 x 370 mm), gilt-lettered wrappers, pp. [24], essays by Jenny Zimmer and Tate Adams, biography, accompanied by five large wood engravings of tropical palm trees, each print signed by the artist and editioned 12/15, the booklet not numbered, housed in a gilt-lettered clamshell case. Tate Adams was born …
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![[CIRCUS HISTORY] "Billie", "Cleopatra" and "Bonita", performers in the "Wild Australia" show: signed studio photograph, February 1913.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/07/2026_DSFB_4813-300x300.jpg)
# 50852
SYDNEY'S STUDIO
[CIRCUS HISTORY] “Billie”, “Cleopatra” and “Bonita”, performers in the “Wild Australia” show: signed studio photograph, February 1913.
Manchester, U.K. : Sydney’s Studio, [1913]. Gelatin silver print photograph on postcard stock, 87 x 137 mm; verso signed in ink: ‘Best wishes, Billie – Cleo – Bonita. 12-2-13’; the print has a few tiny surface scratches and some minor corner wear, otherwise fine condition. “Cleopatra”, a snake and crocodile handler and bareback rider, and …
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![[CIRCUS HISTORY] Billy Lee, Australian stock-whip cracker and rough rider, and member of the "Wild Australia" show. London, 1913; inscribed by his wife "Bonita", the sharpshooter.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/07/2026_DSFB_4819-300x300.jpg)
# 50841
[LEE, Billy]; [DRESCHER, Sylvia G., aka "BONITA"]
[CIRCUS HISTORY] Billy Lee, Australian stock-whip cracker and rough rider, and member of the “Wild Australia” show. London, 1913; inscribed by his wife “Bonita”, the sharpshooter.
[Title from printed caption]. [U.K.] : s.n., [c.1913]. Photographic process postcard, 140 x 88 mm, recto with printed caption; postally used from Kensington, London, to Bournemouth with postmark dated 29 September 1913; the handwritten message verso and recto is in the hand of “Bonita” (real name Sylvia G. Drescher), the crack rifle shot and fellow …
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![[CIRCUS HISTORY] "Cleopatra", snake charmer, crocodile handler and bareback rider with the "Wild Australia" show: signed portrait photograph, c.1911.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/07/2026_DSFB_4816-300x300.jpg)
# 50844
[DRESCHER, Harriett, aka "CLEOPATRA"]
[CIRCUS HISTORY] “Cleopatra”, snake charmer, crocodile handler and bareback rider with the “Wild Australia” show: signed portrait photograph, c.1911.
[U.K.] : s.n., [c.1911]. Gelatin silver print photograph on postcard stock, 134 x 83 mm; recto signed in black ink: ‘To Kitty / Cleo’; verso without publisher’s imprint or handwritten message; fine condition. “Cleopatra”, a snake and crocodile handler and bareback rider, and “Bonita”, a sharpshooter (real names Harriett Drescher and Sylvia G. Drescher) were …
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![[CIRCUS HISTORY] "Cleopatra", bareback bullock rider and snake charmer in the "Wild Australia" show. Postcard inscribed by her sister "Bonita", the sharpshooter.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/07/2026_DSFB_4728-300x300.jpg)
# 50856
[DRESCHER, Sylvia G., aka "BONITA"]
[CIRCUS HISTORY] “Cleopatra”, bareback bullock rider and snake charmer in the “Wild Australia” show. Postcard inscribed by her sister “Bonita”, the sharpshooter.
[U.K.] : s.n., [c.1913]. Lithographic postcard, 140 x 88 mm, recto with printed caption; postally used from Montrose (Scotland), to Bournemouth with postmark dated 7 July 1913; the handwritten message verso (continued recto) is in the hand of “Bonita” (real name Sylvia G. Drescher), the crack rifle shot and sister of “Cleopatra” (Harriett Drescher): ‘Dear Kitty, …
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# 43253
[Photographer unknown]
Tinted daguerreotype portrait of a young man holding a daguerreotype case, 1845-48.
[Bristish, c.1850]. Ninth-plate daguerreotype with applied colour, 55 x 42 mm (sight); in a rectangular brass mat, housed in a plain leather case with push-button lock; the daguerreotype is in fine condition as is the case. Ex Berry Collection Part 1, Young’s Auctions, Melbourne, 25 August 2008, lot 433 (part)
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# 43257
[Photographer unknown].
Daguerreotype portrait of a handsome young man with his hand hidden in his suit coat, c.1850.
[British, c.1850]. Ninth-plate daguerreotype with applied colour, 55 x 40 mm (sight); in an arch-top brass mat, housed in a plain leather case with working clasp; the daguerreotype is in very fine condition, with a slight tarnish halo. Ex Ken Turner Collection.
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# 51038
DURYEA, Townsend
Studio portrait of a gentleman wearing a black cravat. Adelaide, South Australia, c.1873.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 64 mm; verso with the elaborate back mark of ‘Townsend Duryea, Artist Photographer. By Appointment. 66 & 68 King William Street, Adelaide’, surrounded by the crests of the Duke of Edinburgh, Sir James Fergusson, Sir Dominick Daly, Sir R. G. MacDonnell, and Anthony Musgrave; both the …
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# 50837
[Photographer unknown].
Studio portrait of Gastone Lurini, brother of Futurist artist Marisa Mori, c.1915.
[Italy : s.n., c.1915]. Gelatin print photograph printed on postcard stock, 137 x 87 mm; verso inscribed in ink: ‘Gastone Lurini’; in good condition, the verso with paper borders from an old mount. Gastone Lurini (1898-1916) was the son of Italian writer and intellectual Edmea Lurini Bernini, and older brother of Marisa Mori (1900-1985), a …