Fine Art

  • Scene on Middle Harbour, Sydney, 1858-59.

    # 46021

    HETZER, William, fl. 1850-67

    Scene on Middle Harbour, Sydney, 1858-59.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 76 x 71 mm (arch-top format), original plain white mount 84 x 172 mm, recto with an erroneous lithographically printed caption ‘Wooloomooloo [sic] Bay, Pott’s Point, Sydney’; verso blank; both albumen prints are in fine condition, although a little dark; the mount is very clean and stable. An insect-damaged …

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  • Globe Terrestre par Vivien de Saint-Martin

    # 46468

    HACHETTE

    Globe Terrestre par Vivien de Saint-Martin

    Paris : Hachette & Cie., c.1870. Terrestrial globe, 21 cms in diameter, chromolithograph gores on plaster sphere, mounted on an ebonised turned wooden base, total height 44 cms, the globe with some marks and light surface abrasion, but overall in very good condition without any signs of restoration.  

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  • "Globe terrestre" (a box in the form of a pocket globe)

    # 46467

    Z. & B.

    “Globe terrestre” (a box in the form of a pocket globe)

    Paris? : Edit. Z & B. c.1910.  Card box in the form of a pocket globe, 3 1/2 inches in diameter, the box in two halves split along the equator, which fit together to form the whole, some surface rubbing and detachment of the card inserts internally, a good example.

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  • Alma Plains and Adelaide, South Australia : an important pioneer settlers' photograph album with portraits of members of families associated with the Church of Christ. 1860s-80s.

    # 45904

    FARNDELL, Edward; DURYEA, Townsend; MARCHANT, E. W.; VON HARTITZSCH, Otto; RUSHTON & JUST; STUMP & CO., et al.

    Alma Plains and Adelaide, South Australia : an important pioneer settlers’ photograph album with portraits of members of families associated with the Church of Christ. 1860s-80s.

    Quarto (290 x 230 mm), embossed green leather decorated in gilt (upper board detached and lacking backstrip); title leaf with later family member’s inscription identifying the original owners of the album as ‘Janet and William Howard, Alma Plains – Dalkey’; containing a total of [82] albumen print photographs – [73] in carte de visite format, …

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  • The Oriental Bank, corner of Queen Street and Flinders Lane, Melbourne, c.1864.

    # 46202

    MORRIS, Alfred

    The Oriental Bank, corner of Queen Street and Flinders Lane, Melbourne, c.1864.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 74 x 72 mm (arch-top format), on pale yellow board mount 82 x 171 mm; verso with printed label worded ‘A. Morris & Co.’s Stereoscopic Views of Victoria. Oriental Bank [in ms.] Melbourne’, and with the firm’s address ’56 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne’ at lower right; both prints are …

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  • A rare cased atlas of eight large folding maps of the world

    # 46577

    BRUÉ, Adrian Hubert

    A rare cased atlas of eight large folding maps of the world

    Paris : Chez J. Goujon et J. Andriveau, 1827. A large book-form box made of stiff card, 250 mm tall, gilt-decorated papered sides, silk draw ribbon, the ‘spine’ made of crushed morocco styled in compartments, with gilt ornamentation and the lettering ‘Atlas par H. Brué’, listing the eight maps contained within: ‘Mappemonde; Europe; Asie; Afrique; …

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  • [NEW ZEALAND] An archive of studio portrait photographs of members of the families of Benjamin and Edward Smith of Wellington, 1860s to early 1870s.

    # 46141

    [Various Wellington photographers]

    [NEW ZEALAND] An archive of studio portrait photographs of members of the families of Benjamin and Edward Smith of Wellington, 1860s to early 1870s.

    Twenty-five albumen print photographs in carte de visite format, average dimensions 100 x 63 mm (mounts), by the Wellington studios of E. S. Richards (4), Richards & Batt (1), Batt & Richards (2), W. H. Davis (7), W. J. Harding (1), Wrigglesworth (1), and Wrigglesworth & Binns (1), and the Wanganui studio of Thomas Tuffin …

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  • Studio portrait of Andrew Sloan, seated and holding a book. Geelong, Victoria, c.1875.

    # 46281

    HARVEY & DUNDEN

    Studio portrait of Andrew Sloan, seated and holding a book. Geelong, Victoria, c.1875.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 63 mm (mount); recto of mount with a fully contemporary inscription in ink identifying the sitter as ‘Andrew Sloan’; verso with back mark of ‘Harvey & Dunden, Corner Portrait Gallery, Moorabool St., Geelong’; some very light foxing to the print and the mount. We are confident …

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  • View inside the trading post of Oloff & Co. at Lome, Togoland Protectorate, West Africa, c.1890.

    # 46443

    [Photographer unknown].

    View inside the trading post of Oloff & Co. at Lome, Togoland Protectorate, West Africa, c.1890.

    Albumen print photograph, 100 x 140 mm, on original card mount, 185 x 220 mm, fully contemporary inscription in ink below the image: ‘T. Oloff & Co. / Factorei / Lome’; a very strong print with excellent clarity, in good condition; the mount is clean and stable. The Togoland Protectorate (Schutzgebiet Togo) was administered by …

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  • Portraits of Himalayan types, including Nepalese and Tibetan, taken in Darjeeling, 1890s.

    # 46461

    [PAAR, Theodor, attributed]

    Portraits of Himalayan types, including Nepalese and Tibetan, taken in Darjeeling, 1890s.

    Group of 5 (five) albumen print photographs removed from the same late nineteenth-century album, all attributed to the Darjeeling photographer Theodor Paar. I. The Witch at Ghoom. [Caption on mount]. 200 x 150 mm, mounted recto of card mount; very good condition. The subject is believed to have been a Bhutia woman from Tibet, living …

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  • Souvenir folding card ... Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seatte, Washington, June 1st to October 16th 1909.

    # 46463

    A.Y.P. EXPO. CO.

    Souvenir folding card … Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seatte, Washington, June 1st to October 16th 1909.

    [Seattle] : AYP Expo. Co., 1909. Colour-illustrated wallet, 105 x 155 mm, containing a concertina foldout with 24 postcard-size chromolithographed photographic images of buildings and First Nations groups from the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition held in 1909 in Seattle; the wallet has a few small marks, contents in fine condition.

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  • Small archive of original photographs taken at Narsarssuak (Narsarsuaq) Airbase, Greenland, 1942-45.

    # 46363

    USAF (NORTHEAST AIR COMMAND)

    Small archive of original photographs taken at Narsarssuak (Narsarsuaq) Airbase, Greenland, 1942-45.

    Group of 7 (seven) gelatin silver print photographs, in uniform 200 x 250 mm format; no inscriptions to versos, but presumably taken by a USAF serviceman; all of the prints are in excellent condition. These original photographs, taken sometime between 1942 and 1945, show USAF personnel at the airbase at Narsarssuak (Narsarsuaq), Greenland, which had been …

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  • The Black Forest, Macedon Ranges, after bushfire. Central Victoria, circa 1862.

    # 46058

    JONES, John H. (1817?-1872)

    The Black Forest, Macedon Ranges, after bushfire. Central Victoria, circa 1862.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 74 x 73 mm (arched-top format), on original card mount 83 x 175 mm; recto of mount imprinted Jones’s photographs of Australian Sceneries and inscribed in ink: ‘[Vi]ew at Black Forest after Bush fire’; verso inscribed in ink ‘No. 105’; the left-hand print is somewhat faded, and the mount is rubbed …

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  • A Peep down the Melbourne Telescope.

    # 46130

    [Photographer unknown] A. PUMPHREY (publisher)

    A Peep down the Melbourne Telescope.

    [Title from printed caption in negative]. Circa 1870. Stereoscopic silver albumen print photographs, each individual image 68 x 72 mm, on yellow board mount 83 x 166 mm, with the publisher’s serial number and caption in the negative at far right edge ‘685. A Peep down the Melbourne Telescope’, along with the publisher’s imprint ‘A. Pumphrey, …

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  • Ceylon & India General Mission collection box, circa 1920.

    # 46050

    CEYLON & INDIA GENERAL MISSION

    Ceylon & India General Mission collection box, circa 1920.

    [London : CIGM, c.1920]. Wooden box, 152 x 80 x 70 mm, with chromolithographic label on five sides (one illustrated); surface wear commensurate with extensive use. The Ceylon and India General Mission (CIGM) was a non-denominational organisation founded in 1892. Initially its evangelical work was carried out among Ceylon’s Sinhalese Buddhists and Tamil Hindus, but …

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  • Studio portrait of two actors in costume as Robinson Crusoe and Friday. Wellington, New Zealand, 17 October 1881.

    # 41732

    WRIGGLESWORTH & BINNS

    Studio portrait of two actors in costume as Robinson Crusoe and Friday. Wellington, New Zealand, 17 October 1881.

    Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 163 x 116 mm; verso with imprint of ‘Wrigglesworth & Binns, Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand’, and contemporary inscription in ink ‘Oct. 17th 1881’; both the print and mount are in fine condition.

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