Photographs - Portraits
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# 36842
SZEKELY, Josef (1838-1901)
Studio portrait of Ilka Pálmay, Hungarian opera singer and actress. Vienna, circa 1885.
Albumen print photograph in cabinet card format, 162 x 108 mm (mount), identifying caption beneath image in pencil in a 19th-century hand ‘Palmay’; recto and verso of the gilt-edged mount with imprint of the studio of Dr. Josef Székely, Vienna, and the wet stamp of the photography dealer S. Bloch, Vienna; print and mount are both …
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![[KELLY GANG] Studio portrait of a woman holding a carte de visite album. Warrnambool, Victoria, circa 1869.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2022/09/02140126/2022_DSFB_5373.jpg)
# 37044
MADELEY, Oswald Thomas (1832-1913)
[KELLY GANG] Studio portrait of a woman holding a carte de visite album. Warrnambool, Victoria, circa 1869.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 63 mm; recto of mount imprinted ‘Madeley, Photo. / Timor St. Warrnambool’; a strong print with excellent clarity, in very good condition (a small mark at bottom edge); the mount is clean and stable (verso is blank).. A very rare example of a carte de visite …
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# 36824
WHITNEY BROS. "ELECTRIC STUDIOS"
Studio portrait of five men in a staged bush setting. Melbourne, circa 1914.
Gelatin silver print photograph, 137 x 87 mm, printed on card stock, verso with studio imprint of Whitney Bros, Electric Studios, Bourke St., Melbourne, Australia; in superb condition. A minor masterpiece of Australian vernacular photography.
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# 36586
SOLOMON, Saul (1836-1929)
Three children (one with skipping rope, another with cricket bat). Adelaide, South Australia, circa 1890.
Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 163 x 113 mm; verso of mount with the decorative back mark of ‘S. Solomon, Adelaide School of Photography, 51 Rundle St. Adelaide, S.A.’; both the print and mount are in superb condition.
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![[AUSTRALIAN JAZZ] Haydn J. Britton, aged 6 years & 3 months. Melbourne, circa 1920.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2022/09/02140436/2022_DSFB_5431.jpg)
# 36835
Photographer unknown. [BRITTON, Haydn John, 1914-2013]
[AUSTRALIAN JAZZ] Haydn J. Britton, aged 6 years & 3 months. Melbourne, circa 1920.
Carbon print photograph, 134 x 84 mm, printed on postcard stock; verso inscribed in ink ‘Haydn J. Britton, 6 years & 3 months’; no photographer’s imprint; a superb print with beautiful soft tones; the verso has some staining. A magnificent study of a Melbourne jazz legend in early childhood. The following is Ralph Powell’s tribute …
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# 36830
J. WARD SYMONS
Studio portrait of a First Australian Imperial Force Light Horse soldier in dress uniform, with his wife and young son. Melbourne, circa 1914.
Gelatin silver print photograph, 135 x 85 mm, printed on card stock, verso with studio imprint of J. Ward Symons, Hopkins St., Footscray; the print has some light edge wear and some tiny traces of silverfishing, and the back has some handling marks. An extremely poignant image of an Australian family about to be separated …
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# 36856
PARIS PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY (W. J. LOTT)
Studio portrait of a young boy posing next to a rocking horse. Adelaide, South Australia, late 1870s.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 62 mm; verso with gilt imprint of ‘Paris Photo. Compy. W. J. Lott, Manager. Photographers, Miniature & Portrait Painters. 164 Rundle St., opposite York Hotel, Adelaide’; both the print and mount in fine condition.
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# 36811
LONDON STEREOSCOPIC & PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY
Studio portrait of Helen Lemmens-Sherrington, English operatic soprano. London, circa 1870.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 101 x 62 mm (mount); recto with fully contemporary inscription in ink ‘Mdlle. Lemens [sic] Sherrington’, verso with imprint of the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company; both the print and mount are in excellent condition (corners of mount clipped). ‘Helen Lemmens-Sherrington (1834-1906) was an English concert and operatic soprano prominent from the …
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# 36822
GEORGE A. ROGERS
Studio portrait of a Salvation Army couple, Mr. and Mrs Thomas Seabrook. Adelaide, South Australia, circa 1920.
Gelatin silver print photograph printed on postcard stock, 81 x 132 mm; verso wet-stamped ‘Geo. A. Rogers, 120 Rundle St., Opp. Pav. Pictures’, and inscribed ‘To Dear Ada from Tho. and M. Seabrook’; a very sharp image in excellent condition.
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# 36864
HERBERTE, H. A.
A group of young men relaxing at Tocumwal in the New South Wales southern Riverina, circa 1910.
Gelatin silver print photograph, 87 x 137 mm, printed on postcard stock; verso wet-stamped ‘H. A. Herberte, Photo., Tocumwal’; a few marks to the margins, but the image itself is hardly affected. These likely lads were probably part of a sporting team or church social group out for a picnic in the fresh air at …
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# 36849
DURYEA, Townsend (jun.)
Studio portrait of a clergyman. Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, early 1880s.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 63 mm; verso with imprint of ‘T. Duryea, By Appointment to H.R.H., Ryan St., Moonta’; both the print and mount are in flawless condition.
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# 36426
MOFFAT, John (1819-1894)
Rev. John Guthrie, Evangelical Church minister, father of the artist Sir James Guthrie : stereoscopic portrait. Edinburgh, 1856-57.
Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each image 73 x 65 mm (arched-top format), on yellow card mount 83 x 173 mm, with blind stamp of ‘Lennie / 46 Princes St. / Edinburgh’; verso with fully contemporary inscription in ink ‘Revd. J. Guthrie’, and with the original Scots-Australian owner’s name in pencil ‘McMillan’; both are strong albumen prints with rich …
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# 36424
MOFFAT, John (1819-1894)
Henry, Lord Brougham, statesman : stereoscopic portrait. Edinburgh, 1856-57.
Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each image 73 x 63 mm (arched-top format), on yellow card mount 83 x 173 mm, with blind stamp of ‘Lennie / 46 Princes St. / Edinburgh’; verso with facsimile signature of the sitter ‘Henry Brougham’, and with the original Scots-Australian owner’s name in pencil ‘McMillan’; the albumen prints have excellent clarity and tonal …
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# 36425
MOFFAT, John (1819-1894)
James Miller, surgeon and theologian : stereoscopic portrait. Edinburgh, 1856-57.
Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each image 75 x 65 mm (arched-top format), on yellow card mount 83 x 173 mm, with blind stamp of ‘Edinburgh Stereographic Company’ (probably a publishing imprint of John Lennie); verso with facsimile signature of the sitter ‘Jas. Miller’, and with the original Scots-Australian owner’s name in pencil ‘McMillan’; the albumen prints are both …
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# 36035
MOFFAT, John (1819-1894)
Sir Robert Christison, toxicologist and physician : stereoscopic portrait. Edinburgh, 1856-57.
Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each image 75 x 63 mm (arched-top format), on yellow card mount 83 x 173 mm, with blind stamp of ‘Lennie / 46 Princes St. / Edinburgh’; verso with facsimile signature of the sitter ‘R. Christison’, and with the original Scots-Australian owner’s name in pencil ‘McMillan’; the albumen prints are both crisp images with …
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# 35750
BISHOP-OSBORNE, John (1851-1934)
Studio portrait of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis D. Grey, Director of the Tasmanian Main Line Railway Company. Hobart, 1878.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 105 x 64 mm (mount); recto of mount with fully contemporary caption in ink ‘Colonel Grey’; verso imprinted ‘From the Photographic Studio of J. Bishop Osborne, 76 Murray St., Hobart Town’; in excellent condition. ‘The Tasmanian Main Line Railway was built by a private company formed in 1872. …