Photographs - Portraits
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# 45131
HAWLEY, Gideon Anson (aka Gedeon Andrés) (1829-1889)
Two rare cartes de visite by an American photographer working in Guatemala, 1863-64.
Two cartes de visite with uniform 101 x 61 mm mounts, each with four small head-and-shoulder portraits – one of men, the other of women; these all appear to be salt prints (not albumen prints), cut into oval format and mounted in an identical configuration on each carte; the versos have the same lithographed back …
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# 43389
ANSON, Rufus
Daguerreotype of a young boy standing near a plinth. New York, 1852-55.
Sixth plate daguerreotype with applied colour, 80 x 70 mm (sight), in an oval brass mat stamped ‘ANSON 589 / BROADWAY’; ormolu preserver; housed in a half leather case with floral motif; the daguerreotype is in fine condition.
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# 43391
ANSON, Rufus
Daguerreotype of a young woman in mourning dress. New York, circa 1855.
Sixth plate daguerreotype with applied colour, 80 x 70 mm (sight), in a nonpareil brass mat stamped ‘Anson / Broadway’, ormolu preserver; housed in a leather case with geometric and scrolling vine motif, the front with partially remnant early paper label with the name ‘[A]dams’ in manuscript; the case has a working clasp, and the …
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# 43388
ANSON, Rufus
Daguerreotype of a young woman in a tartan dress, with hands clasped. New York, 1852-55.
Sixth plate daguerreotype with applied colour, 80 x 70 mm (sight); in an oval brass mat stamped ‘ANSON 589 / BROADWAY’; ormolu preserver; housed in a leather case with geometric design (separated along the spine); a striking daguerreotype in fine condition. The sitter appears to be the same young woman from the Adams family who …
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# 43415
PORTER, William Southgate
Daguerreotype of a man with wavy hair. Cincinnati, early 1850s.
Quarter plate daguerreotype with applied colour, 110 x 80 mm (sight); in an oval brass mat stamped ‘W. S. PORTER / 4th & VINE, CINCINATTI’; ormolu preserver; housed in a thermoplastic case lined with crimson velvet (Berg 1-45 Lyre in Wide Portal 2 (S), engraved by R. Payne); the daguerreotype has some tiny mould spiders …
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# 45130
[SHIRLOW, John 1869-1936]; SMITH, Julian 1873-1948
Photographic portrait of the artist John Shirlow.
[Circa 1931]. Gelatin silver print on textured paper, 390 x 310 mm, laid down on a contemporary mount of thick board, the print in fine condition (a tiny paper adhesion to lower edge). A superb portrait of the Melbourne artist John Shirlow – more noted for his etching than his painting – holding a brush and …
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# 35730
CLIFFORD, Samuel (1827-1890) (publisher); FRITH, Henry Albert (active in Australia 1858-1867) (photographer, attributed)
Studio portrait of Pangernowidedic (Bessy Clarke), William Lanne, Trugernanner (Truganini), and Wapperty. Hobart Town, 1864.
[Copy print of a photograph taken in the studio of Henry Albert Frith in 1864]. Hobart : Samuel Clifford, [circa 1867]. Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each image 74 x 70 mm (arched-top format), on yellow card mount 84 x 175 mm; verso has printed label ‘Views in Tasmania. / S. Clifford, Photographer, Hobart Town’, with contemporary manuscript …
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# 44666
[Photographer unknown]
Ambrotype portrait of George West posing with a stock whip. Australia, late 1850s.
Ninth plate ambrotype photograph with applied colour, 53 x 40 mm (sight); housed in a brass mat with ormolu preserver, in a simple leather case with geometric design to front, which has a working clasp; the ambrotype is in fine condition; the original blue paper backing sheet bears a fully contemporary inscription in ink identifying the …
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# 41682
[Photographer unknown]
Outdoor ambrotype of a man standing in a bush setting. South Australia, circa 1860.
Quarter plate ambrotype photograph, 110 x 80 mm; housed in original brass preserver, lacking a case; some loss of emulsion at the edges of the plate, scattered tiny marks and minor crazing; resealed. Provenance: Private collection, Melbourne; acquired from Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, New Haven, CT, USA, December 2009; evidently the ambrotype was resealed by …
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# 43901
HETZER, William
Studio portrait of William Huon, pioneer squatter in the Riverina district. Sydney, March 1866.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 62 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘W. Hetzer’s Photographic Gallery, 287, George Street, Sydney, N.S.W.’, and a fully contemporary inscription in ink, identifying the sitter: ‘W. Huon Esq., Wodonga, March 1866’; both the print and mount are in fine condition. William Huon (Campbelltown 1825 – …
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# 43593
CHOPIN, Alfred (1846-1902)
Two studio portraits of Nyoongar people. Perth (or Fremantle?), Western Australia, 1871-72.
Two albumen print photographs, in uniform carte de visite format, 105 x 62 mm (mounts); versos with the lithographic imprint in violet of the photographer: ‘By Appointment to His Excellency / Alfred Chopin Artist Photographer / Perth & Fremantle / West Australia’, decorated with an Advance Australia coat of arms; one of the prints has …
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# 44821
MAGUIRE, H. J.
Studio portrait of a professional reciter and his prompter. Sydney, circa 1885.
Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 162 x 108 mm (mount); recto of mount imprinted ‘Maguire / Photographer, 195 George Street, Sydney’; verso blank; both the print and mount are in excellent condition. Although these two gentlemen are unidentified, there can be no doubt as to their professional roles. Public reciting was something of a …
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# 44667
T. HUMPHREY & CO. [MILLS, Alice, 1869-1929, attributed]
Studio portrait of a married couple, the husband wearing his army uniform. Melbourne, circa 1915.
Sepia-toned platinum print photograph, 180 x 130 mm (oval format), on its original card mount with the imprint of ‘T. Humphrey & Co., 261 Collins St., Melbourne’; the print is in superb condition; the mount has some light foxing along the right-hand edge but is otherwise clean. Alice Mills, wife of photographer Tom Humphrey, was …
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# 44633
WHITE, Nicholas
Tinted studio portrait of an adolescent girl, posed beside an unusual bronze statuette. Sandhurst (Bendigo), Victoria, circa 1875.
Albumen print with hand colouring, carte de visite format, 105 x 62 mm (mount); verso with the decorative back mark in violet of ‘N. White, Photographer, Mitchell St., Sandhurst. Opposite St. Paul’s Tower’; both print and mount are in excellent condition. A striking mid-1870s over-painted portrait, from the goldfields studio of Nicolas White.
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# 44824
DAVIES & CO.
Studio portrait of a gentleman wearing a cravat. Melbourne, 1863-65.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 63 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘Davies & Co. Photographers, 5 Collins St. West, 3 doors from Elizabeth St., Melbourne’; the print has some small surface marks at the corners, but is otherwise excellent; the mount is very clean. Perhaps a high-ranking public servant, or …
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# 44843
ROSS & CO.'s ROYAL STUDIO OF ARTS
Tinted studio portrait of a young woman holding a flower. Deniliquin, New South Wales Riverina, circa 1877.
Albumen print photograph with hand colouring, carte de visite format, 100 x 63 mm (mount); verso imprinted ‘Ross & Co.’s Royal Studio of Arts, Cressy Street, Deniliquin’, surmounted by the British coat if arms; the print has a couple of tiny marks, but is otherwise in very good condition; the mount is clean. The following …