Photographs - Portraits

# 46765

STANLEY, Henry Morton [ROWLANDS, John]

[AMERICAN CIVIL WAR] Henry Morton Stanley : a rare studio portrait of the African explorer in his Union naval uniform, taken during his service on USS Minnesota in late 1864 or early 1865.

Albumen print photograph (a copy print made in 1872 from a print made by an unidentified American studio in 1864-65), carte de visite format, 103 x 63 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘J. Laing, Portrait & Landscape Photographer, Miniature & Portrait Painter. Castle Street, Shrewsbury’, and with an inscription in ink by the original …

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# 47154

OTTO, J. H. (Johann Henri)

Portrait of a group of Menang Noongar men and women. Albany area, Western Australia, late 1880s.

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 63 mm (mount), verso with wet stamp of ‘J. H. Otto, Portrait and Landscape Photographer, Albany, W.A.’; the print has mottling in the negative and has lost some contrast; the mount has old residual glue marks verso (the carte was once mounted in an album). A …

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# 46920

KRUGER, Johann Friedrich Carl (Fred), (1831-1888)

“Queen Mary, Ballarat”.

[Caption from inscription on verso of mount]. Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 62 mm (mount); verso inscribed in ink (probably in the hand of the photographer) ‘Queen Mary / Ballarat’; a beautiful print with excellent clarity; the mount is clean and stable. This full-length portrait of Mary Phillips, who was commonly …

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# 41769

[Photographer unknown].

Ambrotype of a woman standing beside a chair draped with clothing. (New South Wales?), c.1863.

Sixth plate ambrotype with applied colour, 70 x 60 mm (sight); in fine condition, in the original large oval brass mat, housed in the original leather case with simple geometric design (working brass clasp); inserted in the case is a lock of the sitter’s beautiful auburn hair contained in an envelope which is inscribed in …

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# 46766

WALKER, Mary Edwards (1832-1919)

[AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; MEDICINE] Studio portrait of Mary Edwards Walker, the first American female surgeon and the only woman to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Manchester, 1866.

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 101 x 64 mm (mount); lower margin recto with imprint of ‘Joseph B. Forster, Pho.’, and a roughly contemporary inscription in pencil identifying the sitter as ‘Dr. Mary Walker’; verso with the studio’s printed motto ‘Light and Truth’; in very good condition. A rare full-length studio portrait of …

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# 46922

DUESBURY, Samuel

Studio portrait of Turrbal or Jagera men and women. Brisbane, c.1870.

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 61 mm (mount); verso with wet stamp of ‘S. Duesbury, Photographer, Brisbane’; some very pale foxing to the print and the mount. Staffordshire-born photographer Samuel Duesbury was active in Brisbane from 1868. Along with Thomas Bevan, Daniel Marquis, and John Watson, he was one of the four …

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# 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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# 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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# 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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# 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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# 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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# 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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# 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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# 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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# 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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# 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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