Photographs - Portraits
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# 51278
J. LEVY & CIE. (PARIS) (photographer)
The allegorical statue “Australie”, photographed in situ at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878.
Albumen print, cabinet card format, 165 x 108 mm (mount), blind stamp of the photographer J. Lévy & cie., Paris in the image lower right; verso blank; a superb print in fine condition. This larger-than-life allegorical statue, sculpted from marble and titled Australie, was exhibited in the display of decorative arts during the Paris Exposition Universelle in …
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# 51284
DUFTY, E. H. (Edward Henry)
Photographic portrait of two Kanak men. Noumea, New Caledonia, late 1870s.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 105 x 65 mm (mount); verso with studio imprint of ‘E. H. Dufty, Photographer, Noumea, Nouvelle Caledonie’; the albumen print is in excellent condition, with very slight fading at the upper and lower edges; the gold-bordered mount is clean and stable. Edward Henry Dufty (1850-1905), the son of …
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# 46777
ELITE PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY [WILLETTS, George]
Photographic portrait of a young woman holding a tennis racquet. Ballarat, c.1890.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 62 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘Elite Photographic Company’; both the albumen print and mount are in fine condition.
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# 49773
[ADAMS, Marcus]
Queen Elizabeth II : signed photograph (“Elizabeth R”), also signed by Prince Philip. 1954.
Gelatin silver print photograph, 200 x 150 mm, on its original plain card mount signed in fountain pen in the bottom margin by both Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth R) and Prince Philip (Philip) with the date 1954 in between the two signatures; the photograph is in fine condition; the royal signatures are both strong and …
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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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# 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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# 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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# 43256
[Photographer unknown]
Tinted daguerreotype portrait of a middle-aged man in a patterned vest, early 1850s.
[British, 1850-1855]. Ninth-plate daguerreotype with applied colour, 55 x 40 mm (sight); in an arch-top brass mat (scattered mould spiders), housed in a plain leather case with working clasp; the daguerreotype is in good condition, the case is a little scuffed; accompanied by an old Christie’s, Melbourne auction house label from October 1998.
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# 51035
[Photographer unknown].
Men at leisure: a spot of rowing, some beach cricket, a picnic hamper, and a bottle of wine. Near Melbourne, c.1910.
Silver bromide print, 150 x 200 mm; very good condition, on it original board mount, 180 x 235 mm (chipped at one corner). From a large group of Melbourne family photographs.
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# 50411
LINDT, J. W. (1845–1926)
Studio portraits of an officer in one of the Victorian volunteer regiments. Melbourne, c.1885.
Two albumen print photographs, carte de visite format, 105 x 64 mm (mount); versos with the highly decorative back mark of ‘J. W. Lindt, Photographer, 7 Collins Street East, Melbourne. Prize Medallist Philadelphia, Paris, Sydney, Brisbane, Sandhurst, Melbourne, Christchurch, Amsterdam’; both in fine condition. The carte can be dated to around 1885 based on the …
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# 50594
BATCHELDER & CO.
Studio portrait of Lieutenant Nassau Stephens, RN. Melbourne, December 1872.
Albumen print photograph in carte de visite format, 104 x 63 mm (mount); verso with the imprint of ‘Barchelder & Co., Artist Photographers, 41 Collins St. East, Melbourne’, and with a roughly contemporary inscription in ink ‘December 1872’; the print and the mount are both in good condition; the carte is accompanied by a section cut …
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# 50392
BOYD, Thomas H.
Portrait of J. J. Casey and another gentleman. Sydney, 1882.
Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 165 x 100 mm; verso of mount imprinted Boyd San Francisco Palace of Art 250 & 252 George Street, Sydney, and with an inscription (presumably) by one of the two sitters: ‘J. J. Casey & [xxxx], May 1882’; the albumen print is in superb condition; the mount is clean …
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# 43392
[Photographer unknown].
Daguerreotype of a smiling man wearing a flamboyant cravat, c.1855.
[USA : s.n., 1850-55]. Sixth-plate daguerreotype with applied colour, 68 x 54 mm (sight), in an oval brass mat, housed in a leather case with embossed geometric design, with a working brass clasp; the daguerreotype is in fine condition, as is the case. An unusually intimate and informal portrait for the period; the young gentleman’s …
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# 43393
[Photographer unknown].
Daguerreotype of a young woman posed beside a table with books, c.1855.
[USA : s.n., 1850-55]. Sixth-plate daguerreotype, 70 x 59 mm (sight), in a nonpareil brass mat, housed in a leather case with embossed floral design, with a working brass clasp; the daguerreotype has a very slight tarnish halo at lower edge, but is otherwise in fine condition; the case – which is type Berg 5-112 Floral (s) …