Photographs - Portraits

# 46155

BURGIN, William Henry

Studio portrait of “Johnny”, age 2 years and 8 months. Parramatta, New South Wales, mid 1860s.

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 101 x 63 mm (mount); recto of mount inscribed in a fully contemporary hand: ‘Johnny / 2 years & 8 months’; verso with the back mark in blue of ‘W. H. Burgin, Photographer, Church-st., Parramatta’, surmounted by an Advance Australia coat of arms; the print is in excellent …

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# 47034

VAN BERCKELAER, Isadore

Studio portrait of a young boy dressed in a sailor suit. St. Kilda, Melbourne, late 1860s.

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 103 x 63 mm (mount); recto and verso imprinted ‘I. Van Berckelaer High Street St. Kilda’; both the print and mount in excellent condition.

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# 47781

FALK STUDIO

Studio portrait of Miss Lily Dampier as Imogen in “Cymbeline”. Sydney, 1887.

Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 165 x 109 mm (mount); recto with printed caption ‘Miss Lily Dampier’ and imprint of ‘Falk / 496 George Street, Sydney’, along with a pencilled annotation ‘Imogene’ (sic); verso with a fuller inscription in ink ‘Lily as “Imogene” in Cymbeline September 4th 1887’; the print with some light foxing, …

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# 47782

FALK STUDIO

Studio portrait of Miss Lily Dampier as Portia in “The Merchant of Venice”. Sydney, 1887.

Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 165 x 109 mm (mount); recto with printed caption ‘Miss Lily Dampier’ and imprint of ‘Falk / 496 George Street, Sydney’, along with a pencilled annotation ‘Portia’; the print with some light foxing, more pronounced on the mount. Provenance: from a group of theatre-related photographs originally collected by the …

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# 47779

FALK STUDIO

Three studio portraits of Miss Lily Dampier as Lady Macbeth. Sydney, 1887.

Three albumen print photographs, in identical cabinet card format, 165 x 109 mm (mounts); rectos with printed caption ‘Miss Lily Dampier’ and imprint of ‘Falk / 496 George Street, Sydney’; one with pencilled annotation recto ‘Sept. 1887 / Lady Macbeth’ and a fuller inscription in ink on the verso ‘Lily as Lady Macbeth Sept 4th …

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# 47783

FALK STUDIO

Two studio portraits of Miss Lily Dampier in “The Lady of Lyons” by Bulwer-Lytton. Sydney, 1887.

Two albumen print photographs, in identical cabinet card format, 165 x 109 mm (mounts); rectos with printed caption ‘Miss Lily Dampier’ and imprint of ‘Falk / 496 George Street, Sydney’; one with pencilled annotation recto ‘Lady of Lyons Sept. 1887, both identically inscribed in ink to verso ‘Lily as Lady of Lyons Sept 4th 1887’; …

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# 47794

[Photographer unknown].

“Life in Queensland”. Three outdoor photographs, late 1860s.

Three albumen print photographs, in uniform 73 x 98 mm format, mounted recto of a 19th-century album leaf, with fully contemporary caption in ink beneath the images ‘Life in Queensland’; all three albumen prints are in very good condition; the mount has a few spots of foxing. Although the photographer and precise location(s) are not …

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# 47316

[Photographer unknown]

[MELBOURNE] The staff of J. O’Callaghan furniture removals, Chapel Street, St. Kilda, at a picnic at Half Moon Bay, 26 January 1922.

Gelatin silver print photograph, 87 x 136 mm, printed on Kodak Austral postcard stock; verso annotated in pencil by an O’Callaghan staff member with details of location and date of the photograph ‘Half Moon Bay [i.e. Black Rock] A. N. A. Day, 1922 Victoria’, and another note with directions for a local removal job: ‘Mr. …

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# 46148

HEWITT, Charles

Studio portrait of a married couple. Melbourne, early 1870s.

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 103 x 63 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘C. Hewitt, Photographer. Australasian Studio. 95 Swanston St. Melbourne’; the print is in fine condition; the mount has some pale foxing.

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# 43268

[Photographer unknown]

Ambrotype of a seated mother surrounded by her children.

[British, 1855-1860]. Sixth-plate ambrotype, 80 x 65 mm; elliptical brass mat, housed in original embossed leather case with floral designs, working brass clasp; fine condition.

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# 43413

J. W. BLANCHARD

Ambrotype of a young married couple seated side-by-side.

[USA, 1860-65]. Sixth-plate ambrotype with applied colour, 70 x 80 mm; in a double elliptical brass mat, housed in the original leather case with embossed floral designs, with working brass clasp; the velvet lining is stamped ‘From J. W. Blanchard’s Photographic Gallery, No. 8 First Street, opposite Troy House, Troy, N.Y.’; both the ambrotype and …

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# 43342

LEE, J.

Ambrotype of two young women in tartan crinoline dresses.

[British, 1860-65]. Quarter-plate ambrotype, 110 x 80 mm; elliptical brass mat (tarnished), housed in the original plain leather case (front scuffed), the verso with the photographer’s stamp in gilt ‘LEE / 57 CHURCH ST. / LIVERPOOL’, two working brass clasps; a striking portrait in fine condition.

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# 43394

[Photographer unknown]

Twin daguerreotype portraits of a husband and wife.

[USA, c.1855]. Two companion sixth-plate daguerreotypes with applied colour, each 80 x 65 mm; oval brass mats, housed in their original leather case with vase and flowers design (case split along hinge); a stunning pair of finely tinted daguerreotypes in superb condition.

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# 43269

[Photographer unknown]

Ambrotype of two sisters holding hands, posed against painted backdrop.

[British, 1858-60]. Sixth-plate ambrotype, 80 x 70 mm; in a double elliptical brass mat, housed in the original embossed leather case with floral designs; a stunning portrait in fine condition.

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# 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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# 47149

STEELE PHOTOGRAHY LTD. (Auckland)

[BOROVANSKY BALLET] Signed photograph of New Zealand-born dancer Jonet Wilkie. Melbourne, November 1946.

Gelatin silver print, 150 x 100 mm, with the blind stamp of ‘Steele, Auckland’ lower right, and inscribed in pen ‘For Kerry, with best wishes, Jonet Wilkie’; verso with pencilled date of 21/11/46 (the date that the photograph was inscribed for Kerry, a Melbourne ballet fan, during the Borovansky Ballet’s season at His Majesty’s Theatre); some …

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