Photographs - Portraits
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# 32304
BEADLE, Paul (1917-1992)
“Mahmoud Moussa” and “Fahima” : photographs of two works by Australian-New Zealand sculptor Paul Beadle, both signed and dated by the artist “Alexandria, 1943-44”.
Alexandria, Egypt : Paul Beadle (?), 1943-44. Two silver gelatin photographs (possibly taken by the artist himself), each in identical 185 x 130 mm format; signed and dated by the artist in the lower margin recto ‘Paul Beadle, Alexandria, 1943-44’ and with his identifying captions ‘Mahmoud Moussa’ and ‘Fahima’, respectively; both prints are unmounted and …
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# 31897
ASHTON, Robert (1950 - )
‘Into the hollow mountains’ – photographs by Robert Ashton (signed copy)
Text edited by Mark Gillespie. Melbourne : Outback Press, 1974. Quarto, illustrated card wrappers (edges rubbed, light surface wear, small area of mousing to edge of upper wrapper and extreme margin of a few leaves), pp. 96, a few light marks, previous owner’s name to title page, a good copy. Signed by Robert Ashton on …
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# 31394
DUFTY, Walter Frederick (1854-1919)
Studio portrait of three Kanak men, one holding a human skull. New Caledonia, late 1870s.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 106 x 63 mm (mount); verso with wet stamp of ‘W. Dufty & Cie., Photographes, Noumea, N. C.’; the print is a little pale but is in good condition, as is the mount. Walter Dufty, one of four English-born brothers who were pioneers of photography in the islands …
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![[CIRCUS HISTORY] Unzie, the Circassian youth, with W. E. Jackson, "The New Zealand Tom Thumb". Melbourne, October 1886.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2021/07/02092317/2021_DSFB_4275-300x300.jpg)
# 31420
STEWART & CO.
[CIRCUS HISTORY] Unzie, the Circassian youth, with W. E. Jackson, “The New Zealand Tom Thumb”. Melbourne, October 1886.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 62 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘Stewart & Co., Photographers, Miniature & Portrait Painters, 217 & 219 Bourke St. East, Melbourne’; both the print and mount are in fine condition. In 1886, when this photograph was taken in Melbourne, Unzie – an albino man – was …
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![[SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY] Six studio portraits of actors in costume. Castlemaine, Victorian goldfields, 1869-71.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2021/05/25114912/2021_DSFB_3363-300x300.jpg)
# 29755
CEARNS, W. G.
[SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY] Six studio portraits of actors in costume. Castlemaine, Victorian goldfields, 1869-71.
Six albumen print photographs in carte de visite format, 102 x 64 mm (mounts), versos with the highly decorative imprint of ‘W. G. Cearns, Photographer, Mostyn Street (one door from Market Square), Castlemaine‘; one of the backs also bears a caption in ink which identifies the actor on the front as ‘John Brown’; three of …
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# 30281
Photographer unknown.
Three photographs of Wesley College, Melbourne, taken in 1904: the school’s champion Australian Rules Football team; view of the main building; view looking across the school oval.
Three sepia tone gelatin silver photographs, each 70 x 90 mm, printed on Kodak postcard stock (89 x 138 mm), all mailed from Melbourne and addressed to Master Norman Hart in Launceston, Tasmania (postmarks dated 28 June 1904; 19 September 1904; 14 November 1904), the fronts with handwritten messages signed W. H. (William Hart?) which …
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# 29046
Photographer unknown.
Billy Billy Mary and two other Aboriginal men photographed at Cloncurry, northwest Queensland, 1913.
Gelatin silver print, 40 x 60 mm, laid down on a section cut from an old travel album page, with the photographer’s racist inscription beneath the image in white ink, dated at Cloncurry, 1913; the photograph is in good condition, with enough clarity to enable us to read the name ‘Billy Billy Mary’ on the …
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# 29028
DAVIES & CO.
Photographic portrait of the tragic actor G. V. Brooke. Melbourne, 1865-66.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 101 x 62 mm (mount), 56 x 42 mm (oval format cartouche), verso with imprint of ‘Davies & Co., Photographers, 91 & 94 Bourke St. East, Branch Offices No. 5, Collins St. West, 3 doors from Elizabeth St., Melbourne’; the albumen print has a diagonal surface scratch in …
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# 28972
Photographer unknown.
Signed photograph of dancer Tamara Tchinarova, of the Covent Garden Russian Ballet. (Melbourne?), circa 1939.
Gelatin silver print photograph, 110 x 155 mm, inscribed in ink by the sitter at lower right ‘To Miss Scarlett. Best wishes, Tamara Tchinarova’; mild corner wear, unmounted (verso blank). ‘Tamara Tchinarova was born to Russian parents in Romanian territory and began her dance training in Paris with emigre ballerinas from the Imperial Russian Ballet. …
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# 28942
[ANDERSON, Frances Margaret (Judith), Dame, 1897–1992]; Photographer unknown
Portrait of actors Judith Anderson and Leon Gordon during their 1927 Australian tour.
[Melbourne? : s.n., 1927]. Sepia tone gelatin silver print, 155 x 205 mm, on heavy stock; no photographer’s imprint; verso blank; superb condition. Adelaide-born Judith Anderson, who was to become one of the greatest ever Australian stage and screen actors, had arrived in Hollywood with her mother in 1918, with a letter of introduction to …
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![[BLACKFACE] And they made it hotter still!](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2020/12/18143932/2020_DSFB_9005-300x300.jpg)
# 28795
GEORGE ROSE (MELBOURNE)
[BLACKFACE] And they made it hotter still!
Melbourne : George Rose, [circa 1900]. Rose’s Stereoscopic Views. Stereoscopic silver albumen print photographs, each individual image 85 x 70 mm, on board mount 89 x 177 mm with the publisher’s imprint recto; numbered and titled in the negative: ‘896 And They Made It Hotter Still’; a humorous scene with a gambling theme – note …
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# 28963
HERALD & WEEKLY TIMES LTD. (MELBOURNE)
Press photograph of Marlene Dietrich during her 1965 Australian tour.
Black-and-white press photograph on glossy paper, 205 x 250 mm; verso with wet stamp of The Herald & Weekly Times Ltd. Melbourne, Australia; a superb print with great detail, in fine condition. A wonderful, candid shot of Hollywood superstar Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) – by this time in her career a sexagenarian sex symbol – seated …
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# 28439
CUNNINGHAM, Andrew
Studio portrait of a young brother and sister holding hands; the boy is posing with his cricket bat. Armidale, New South Wales, late 1860s.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 101 x 62 mm (mount), verso with imprint of ‘A. Cunningham, Photographic Artist, Barney Street, Armidale, New England’; the print is in good condition, as is the mount (some light toning to verso). Pioneer New England photographer Andrew Cunningham is probably best known for his 1870 carte de …
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# 28435
DAILY MIRROR (U.K.)
Jackson and McLaren, world’s champion Australian wood-cutters.
[London, U.K. : Daily Mirror, 1909 or 1910]. Two gelatin silver print photographs, 205 x 150 mm and 150 x 205 mm, respectively; versos with wet stamp of of the London Daily Mirror, and an identical caption label which reads: ‘Fine Fellers. Jackson and McLaren, world’s champion wood-cutters, felling trees on Lord Salisbury’s estate at …
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# 28162
SPITZ, Charles Georges (1857-1894)
Studio portrait of a tattooed Marquesan dancer.
[Circa 1887]. Albumen print photograph, 200 x 140 mm, unmounted; verso with fully contemporary caption in pencil: Marquesan dancer; a strong print with rich tonal range and excellent clarity and contrast; the print is in very good condition, with the tiniest of nicks at two of the corners and some insignificant light creasing to the …
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# 27343
[FITZSIMMONS, Robert ("Bob"), 1863-1917]; RICHARD K. FOX (publisher)
Photographic portrait of champion Anglo-New Zealand-Australian-American bare knuckle boxer Bob Fitzsimmons in a fighting stance, taken in New York in 1893.
Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 162 x 106 mm (mount); the print is embossed at lower left ‘Copyright 1893 Richard K. Fox’; removed from an old frame, the print and mount have suffered some surface loss around the edges, particularly at the bottom margin where Fox’s imprint with his Franklin Square, New York address …