Photographs - Portraits
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# 45560
LAMARTINIERE, Alexandra Henry
Studio portrait of comedian, singer and theatrical entrepreneur Harry Rickards and his first wife, actress Caroline Hayden. Sydney, c.1872.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 62 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘Lamartiniere & Co., late Dalton’s, Photographic Artists. 320 George Street, 6 doors from Hunter St., Sydney’, and wet stamp in purple ink ‘The Rickards Comique Concert Party’; the print has some light mottling in the negative, but is in …
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# 45875
TASMA
Studio portrait of a young man in Salvation Army uniform, posed with his banjo and tuba. Sydney, late 1890s.
Sepia-tone gelatin silver print photograph, cabinet card format, 163 x 106 mm (mount); recto with the imprint of ‘TASMA 176 King Street, Newton, Sydney’; both the print and mount are in excellent condition.
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# 43247
[Unknown British photographer].
A pair of daguerreotype portraits of mature sisters, taken in the same studio, early 1850s.
Two ninth-plate daguerreotypes with applied colour, each 55 x 44 mm (sight), housed identically in elliptical brass mats within leather cases with the same floral-patterned red velvet lining on the interior; the exterior of one case has embossed floral decoration and the other is plain (a little sun-faded on one side); both cases have working …
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# 45159
GORUS, John [PARKES, Henry, Sir 1815-1896]
Portrait of Henry Parkes (Sydney, 1839), published as a carte de visite in Sydney, late 1870s; plus Parkes family portraits and a view of his birthplace.
I. Albumen print photograph of a portrait painting, carte de visite format, 105 x 63 mm (mount); verso imprinted ‘From the Studio of J. T. Gorus, Photographic Artist, 101 King Street, Sydney, New South Wales’; some light surface rubbing, otherwise in very good condition. This portrait of Parkes, “Father of Federation”, was painted in Sydney …
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# 45622
RIISFELDT, Emil
Studio portrait of a young boy holding a cricket bat. Sydney, c.1882.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 105 x 64 mm (mount); verso with the imprint of ‘Palace Photographic. E. Riisfeldt, Artist Photographer. 488 (late 490) George Street, opposite Central Police Court, Sydney. First Prize, Melbourne International Exhibition’; the print has a bent top corner, but is otherwise in very good condition, as is the …
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# 45781
FOSTER & MARTIN
Young woman with unkempt hair and averted gaze – an actress? Melbourne, mid 1880s.
Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 168 x 114 mm (mount), verso with the imprint of ‘Foster & Martin, Artists & Photographers, 29 & 31 Collins St. East, Melbourne’, and the initials ‘E. H.’ in pencil in a fully contemporary hand; the print has some very light foxing. An enigmatic portrait of a waif-like woman …
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# 45332
RIISFELDT, Emil
Five studio portraits of comedian and female impersonator Gilbert Saroney (in and out of character). Sydney, 1880.
Five albumen print photographs, in uniform carte de visite format, 105 x 64 mm (mounts); verso with the imprint of ‘Palace Photographic. E. Riisfeldt, Artist Photographer. Hordern’s Chambers, 490 George Street, Sydney’; on the verso of one is a fully contemporary inscription in pencil ‘Saroney’; the prints and mounts are all in excellent condition. Provenance: …
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![[MEDICINE] Portrait of Andrew W. Nash. Newcastle, New South Wales, c.1884.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_DSFB_5954-300x300.jpg)
# 45552
SLADE, William Joseph
[MEDICINE] Portrait of Andrew W. Nash. Newcastle, New South Wales, c.1884.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 105 x 63 mm; verso with the back mark of ‘SLADE (Late Williams), Artist in Photography, Hunter Stree, Newcastle, N.S.W.’, and a signed inscription in pencil by the sitter: ‘A. W. Nash, Australian Club, Edinburgh, Scotland. A.W.N.’; the print has some light rubbing and mottling in the negative; …
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# 45156
BATCHELDER & O'NEILL
Studio portrait of an elegant young lady. Melbourne, circa 1864.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 101 x 61 mm (mount); verso imprinted ‘Photographed by Batchelder & O’Neill, 41 Collins Street East, Melbourne’; both the print and mount are in superb condition.
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# 45556
W. J. NORMAN (publisher / retailer)
Carte de visite photograph of a French risqué print, published and sold in Melbourne around 1870.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 100 x 63 mm (mount); verso with the imprint of ‘W. J. Norman, Looking Glass & Picture Frame Manufacturer, 94 & 170 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. Looking Glasses Re-silvered, Frames Re-gilded. Great variety of Photographs’; some very light foxing to the print, more pronounced on the verso. We have previously …
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# 45163
BOAKE, Barcroft Capel (1838-1921)
Studio portrait of an adolescent girl with bottle curls. Sydney, circa 1870.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 64 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘B. C. Boake. From Freeman Bros. Photographer. 330 George St. Sydney. (over Mr. Jones, Jeweller &c.)’; a strong print with excellent clarity; the print and mount are both in very good condition. A lovely full-length portrait by Irish-born photographer …
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# 45157
WHEELER, Edmund
Studio portrait of a woman in mourning dress standing beside an infant in a pram. Christchurch, New Zealand, late 1860s.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 103 x 65 mm (mount); verso imprinted ‘E. Wheeler’s Studio, Colombo Street, Christchurch’; both the print and mount are in excellent condition. The woman’s face is haggard and her expression is melancholic. She looks old enough to be the child’s grandmother – although she is probably its mother.
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# 45558
BRUTON, J. E. (photographer); YORK, Frederick (publisher)
H. M. Stanley, the African explorer.
[Title from printed caption on mount]. Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 105 x 63 mm; recto of mount printed in lower margin ‘H. M. Stanley, the African explorer. Photographed by J. E. Bruton, Cape Town. F. York, London, Copyright’; verso blank; in fine condition. A superb portrait of Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), Welsh-American explorer, …
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![[QUEENSLAND] Oscar de Satgé, pastoralist and politician : signed portrait photograph. Sydney, c.1865.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_DSFB_5396-300x300.jpg)
# 45423
BRADLEY & ALLEN
[QUEENSLAND] Oscar de Satgé, pastoralist and politician : signed portrait photograph. Sydney, c.1865.
Albumen print photograph with hand tinting, in carte de visite format, 96 x 62 mm (mount); verso with the pictorial back mark of ‘Bradley & Allen, Artist Photographers from Dalton’s, 360 George Street, Sydney’, and inscribed in ink by the sitter: ‘With Oscar de Satgé’s affectionate regards’; the print with an oval halo caused by …
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# 45160
E. GARREAUD Y CÍA.
Studio portraits of a husband and wife. Concepción, Chile, circa 1870.
Two albumen print photographs in carte de visite format, 105 x 63 mm (mounts); versos with the pictorial back mark of ‘E. Garreaud y cía, sucursal del sur‘ [i.e. “southern branch” = Concepción, see below]; the woman’s portrait has a dedicatory inscription in pencil by the sitter on the verso: ‘A mi querida amiga Elena, …
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# 45162
[E. L.?]
Studio portrait of a gentleman and his son. Quito, Ecuador, 1874.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 105 x 62 mm (mount); verso with decorative back mark in gold incorporating the photographer’s monogram (E. L.?) and ‘QUITO‘ beneath, and the gentleman sitter’s dedicatory inscription in ink: ‘A mi estimada pariente Sra. Dña. Rosario R. de Vaca, y a su digno caposo, les afrezeo esta prueba de …