Fine Art

  • Promotional photograph of Aboriginal musician Fred Little, younger brother of renowned Yorta Yorta singer-songwriter Jimmy Little.

    # 46903

    BOOMERANG ENTERTAINMENT

    Promotional photograph of Aboriginal musician Fred Little, younger brother of renowned Yorta Yorta singer-songwriter Jimmy Little.

    Granville, NSW : Boomerang Entertainment Centre, [c.1960]. Black-and-white photograph on glossy paper, 165 x 215 mm, verso with wet stamp of the Boomerang Entertainment Centre, and identifying caption in pen ‘Fred Little’; light creasing and corner wear.    

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  • Adnyamathanha group, Nepabunna Mission, northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia, c.1931.

    # 46902

    [Photographer unknown].

    Adnyamathanha group, Nepabunna Mission, northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia, c.1931.

    Gelatin silver print photograph, 71 x 116 mm; verso with later pencilled annotation ‘Nepabunna Mission area’ (this information was most likely copied from an album mount); fine condition. ‘The Adnyamathanha people were displaced from their traditional lands in the 1850s by pastoralists, no longer able to travel around their lands as before owing to the …

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  • "Native wurley". South Australia, c.1890.

    # 46901

    STUMP & CO. [STUMP, Alfred, 1860-1925]

    “Native wurley”. South Australia, c.1890.

    Albumen print photograph, 150 x 200 mm; handwritten caption in negative ‘Native wurley’, along with ‘Stump & Co., Adelaide’; unmounted; a good print with excellent clarity, in fine condition.  

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  • Past unfolded 1986

    # 47075

    JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)

    Past unfolded 1986

    Gouache on card, 175 x 125 mm (image), with additional pencil drawing and title in lower margin, 280 x 180 mm (card), inscribed lower margin ‘Past Unfolded 1986’, floating mount, framed in black timber (43 x 46 cms). A fine original painting by the great Australian abstract artist Robert Jacks, sourced directly from the artist’s …

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  • Vue de Sydney et de l'entree de la Riviere de Paramatta (panorama in two sections)

    # 15277

    MENARD, Romuald George (painter); THIERRY FRÈRES; SABATIER, Léon Jean Baptiste (lithographers)

    Vue de Sydney et de l’entree de la Riviere de Paramatta (panorama in two sections)

    Two plates, forming a continuous panorama, from: Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Vénus, pendant les années 1836-1839 … atlas pittoresque. [Paris : Gide, 1841]. Tinted lithographs, 170 x 420 mm; pale foxing to the margins of the first plate, else in fine condition. Custom framed in museum timber, measures 422 x 1138 mm. The voyage …

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  • Melbourne from the south side of the Yarra Yarra 1839

    # 46678

    CARMICHAEL, John (1803-1857)

    Melbourne from the south side of the Yarra Yarra 1839

    Original etching and engraving, 177 x 357 mm (plate line), mount burn, engraved inscription lower left Drawn by J. A. Adamson Esq., engraved inscription lower right Eng.d by J. Carmichael. for R.Clint, manuscript inscription lower centre in Tate Adams’ hand Melbourne 1839. Printed from the original plate in an edition of 100. No. 85 / …

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  • "Amy & Kathie". Launceston, Tasmania, late 1860s.

    # 47047

    WEBB, T. D.

    “Amy & Kathie”. Launceston, Tasmania, late 1860s.

    Albumen print with hand colouring, 102 x 63 mm (mount); verso with the imprint of ‘T. D. Webb, Photographer, St. John’s St., Launceston, Tasmania’, and early pencilled inscription ‘Amy & Kathie’ (the spelling of the latter name corrected from ‘Cathy’); the print is a little pale but is otherwise in very good condition, as is …

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  • Studio portrait of a lady in a taffeta dress. Adelaide, c.1865.

    # 46808

    FARNDELL, Edward

    Studio portrait of a lady in a taffeta dress. Adelaide, c.1865.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 99 x 64 mm; verso with imprint of ‘E. Farndell, Photographic Artist, Kent Town, Adelaide; the albumen print and the mount are both in good condition.

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  • [CARTE DE VISITE ALBUM "OPENER"] The Victorian Album Almanack 1866.

    # 46776

    [Anon.]

    [CARTE DE VISITE ALBUM “OPENER”] The Victorian Album Almanack 1866.

    [Title from caption at centre of image]. Albumen print of calendar for 1866 with two illustrations, one of shipping in Hobson’s Bay, the other a view of the city of Melbourne from the Yarra; carte de visite format, 101 x 63 mm (mount); recto of mount imprinted at bottom margin ‘Pt. No. 5 / Copyright …

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  • Farewell of Le Chevalier Blondin.

    # 46775

    [NOBLE, Timothy, attributed.] [BLONDIN, Charles, 1824-1897]

    Farewell of Le Chevalier Blondin.

    [Title from caption in the image]. [Melbourne : Timothy Noble, 1874]. Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 103 x 63 mm; verso without studio imprint, but in pencil are the original owner’s name ‘J. S. Wright’ and his gift inscription ‘For Cousin Jessie’; the print has some foxing at top edge and the front of …

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  • Studio portrait of a woman in summer dress, wearing a fancy hat decorated with flowers and holding a parasol. Adelaide, late 1870s.

    # 46807

    SOLOMON, S. (Saul)

    Studio portrait of a woman in summer dress, wearing a fancy hat decorated with flowers and holding a parasol. Adelaide, late 1870s.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 62 mm; verso of mount with the imprint of ‘S. Solomon, School of Photography, 51 Rundle St., Adelaide’; the print and the mount are both in very good condition.

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  • Studio portrait of a lady in mourning dress holding a letter. Adelaide, c.1875.

    # 46806

    MARCHANT, P. J. (Philip James)

    Studio portrait of a lady in mourning dress holding a letter. Adelaide, c.1875.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 101 x 62 mm; recto of mount imprinted ‘P. J. Marchant, Waymouth Street, Adelaide, Photographer’; verso blank; the print is in very good condition; the mount has some very light foxing. The sitter, with her hand to her cheek, gazes wistfully past the camera, her thoughts obviously far …

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  • Studio portrait of the celebrated Irish actor Charles Kean. Melbourne, 1863.

    # 46882

    DAVIES & CO.

    Studio portrait of the celebrated Irish actor Charles Kean. Melbourne, 1863.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 62 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘Davies & Co., Photographers, 5 Collins St. West (3 Doors from Elizabeth St.), Melbourne’, and a fully contemporary inscription in ink identifying the sitter as ‘Mr. C. Kean’; the print has lost some contrast in the upper section, but …

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  • Daguerreotype portrait of a young woman.

    # 43401

    [Photographer unknown].

    Daguerreotype portrait of a young woman.

    [U.S.A., 1860-65]. Sixth plate daguerreotype with applied colour, 70 x 57 mm (sight); in excellent condition, in the original large oval brass mat, housed in the original octagon thermoplastic case with geometric design (Berg 3-218).  

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  • Daguerreotype portrait of a young brother and sister.

    # 43382

    [Photographer unknown].

    Daguerreotype portrait of a young brother and sister.

    [U.S.A., 1850-55]. Sixth plate daguerreotype with applied colour, 70 x 60 mm (sight); in excellent condition in the original nonpareil brass mat, housed in the original leather case with floral and geometric designs (two working brass clasps).

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  • Daguerreotype portrait of two sisters with arms linked.

    # 43404

    [Photographer unknown].

    Daguerreotype portrait of two sisters with arms linked.

    [U.S.A., 1850-55]. Sixth plate daguerreotype with applied colour, 60 x 70 mm (sight); in excellent condition in the original nonpareil brass mat, housed in the original in a leather case with geometric design (working brass clasp).

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