Photographs - Portraits

# 44081

MARCHANT, Ebenezer Tasman

Tinted studio portrait of a wedding party. Gawler, South Australia, circa 1910.

Sepia-tone gelatin print photograph with hand colouring, 150 x 200 mm; laid down on the original board mount stamped ‘Marchant’s Studio, Gawler’, 250 x 300 mm; verso with studio advertisement pasted on; superb condition. A truly exceptional Australian wedding portrait from the Federation period.

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# 44086

JOHNSTONE, O'SHANNESSY & CO.

Studio portrait of a young bride in her wedding dress. Melbourne, circa 1875.

Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 165 x 110 mm (mount); verso with the imprint of ‘Johnstone, O’Shannessy & Co., 3 Bourke Street, next Post Office, Melbourne’; both the print and mount are in excellent condition.

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# 44085

THE BURLINGTON STUDIOS

“Aunt Lizzie and Charles”. Melbourne, circa 1910.

Gelatin silver print photograph, 180 x 130 mm (oval format), laid down on the original board mount with the embossed imprint of ‘The Burlington Studios, 294 Bourke St., Melbourne’; verso with contemporary inscription in pencil identifying the sitters as ‘Aunt Lizzie & Charles’; the print is in superb condition; the mount has been slightly trimmed …

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# 44080

LOCKWOOD, John

Studio portrait of Lilian Pyers of Charlton, Victoria. Geelong, circa 1912.

Gelatin silver print photograph, 135 x 90 mm (oval format), on the original studio mount of grey board embossed in gilt at lower left ‘J. Lockwood, Geelong’; verso with contemporary caption in pencil: ‘Lil Pyers’; the print and mount are in excellent condition. A stunning portrait of Miss Lilian Pyers, dressed to the nines and …

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# 43880

FREEMAN BROS.

Studio portrait of a woman in mourning, holding a white rose. Sydney, circa 1865.

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 99 x 64 mm (mount); verso with the pictorial back mark in green of the Freeman Brothers Gallery of Photography, Sydney; the print and mount are in fine condition. A superb study of a grieving woman, taken in the studio of James and William Freeman – arguably Sydney’s leading …

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# 43882

JONES, Henry

Studio portrait of a young boy seated on a high-backed chair, holding a spade. Adelaide, South Australia, circa 1876.

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 105 x 62 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘H. Jones, Photographer. Opposite Whites Rooms, King William Street, Adelaide / Awarded Society of Arts Prize for Portraits of Children’; both print and mount are in fine condition. Henry Jones mentioned his Society of Arts Prize for Portraits of …

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# 44542

GENTHE, Arnold (1869-1942)

Margaret Anglin as Antigone. Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley, 30 June 1910.

Platinum print photograph, 225 x 157 mm; verso with a fully contemporary inscription in pencil ‘Margaret Anglin as Antigone. Greek Theatre, Berkeley, 30 June’, and with a later pencilled annotation ‘Arnold Genthe 1910’; unmounted; very slight bend at bottom left corner, otherwise superb condition. A magnificent study by Arnold Genthe of the great Canadian actress …

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# 44679

[Photographer unknown]

Framed tintype portraits of an elderly couple – with their ages displayed. Probably U.S.A., circa 1865.

Two sixth plate tintypes, each 70 x 55 mm (sight), in good condition in the original ornate ormolu preservers, mounted side-by-side under cover glass in the original gilded timber wall frame with hook for hanging (a few minor chips to the edges of the frame). A most unusual pair of Civil War-era tintypes. The photographer …

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# 44287

SAVAGE, Albert William

[GALLIPOLI] Photographs of the Third Australian General Hospital taken on Lemnos (1915-16) and in Egypt (1916).

Group of 13 (thirteen) gelatin silver print photographs in uniform 110 x 150 mm format, versos all with a blue wet stamp ‘Photographed by A. W. Savage, No. 3 Australian General Hospital (Not to be used for Publication)’, and with a fully contemporary handwritten caption (often with a date) in violet ink; the group comprises …

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# 44427

CAZNEAUX, Harold Pierce (1878-1953)

Wedding portrait of a young bride. Sydney, circa 1940.

Sepia-tone carbon print, 180 x 140 mm, tipped onto the original studio mount of textured card, signed in pencil on the mount l.r. ‘Cazneaux’; in fine condition; verso with the photographer’s details written in pencil in his own hand: ‘H. Cazneaux, Hon. F.R.P.S., Roseville JA. 3392’.

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# 44426

ELLIOTT & FRY

Signed portrait photograph of English actress Madge Kendal, circa 1890.

Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 165 x 110 mm, with the full autograph signature of the actress as ‘Madge Kendal’ written in ink in the lower margin recto; verso with the imprint of Elliott & Fry, 55 Baker Street, London, and a neat inscription in pencil ‘Mrs Kendal’; in very good condition. English actress …

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# 44091

WATTS, W. H.

Visiting dignitaries at Paraparap State School No. 3634, Victoria. Possibly a record of the school’s opening day, 12 December 1909.

Large format gelatin silver print photograph,150 x 200 mm, laid down on its original board mount with the studio’s embossed name at lower right ‘W. H. Watts, Ryrie Street, Geelong’; the print has excellent clarity and is in very good condition; the mount is foxed. The tiny Paraparap State School No. 3634 was a humble …

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# 44335

DAVIES, Alan (curator)

[HOLTERMANN COLLECTION; GOLD RUSH] The Greatest Wonder of the World

Sydney : SLNSW, 2013. Quarto (295 x 210 mm), wrappers lettered in gold, pp. 32, b/w photographic illustrations throughout; an as new copy. Catalogue to accompany an exhibition at the State Library of New South Wales, 23 February to 12 May 2013, curated by Alan Davies, which presented photographs from the historically important Holtermann Collection. …

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# 44151

FRAZER, C. J.

Catholic Federation Summer School, Queenscliff, Victoria, February 1923.

Gelatin silver print photograph, 150 x 200 mm, on the original studio mount with imprint of ‘C. J. Frazer, Photo, Melbourne’; mount inscribed in pencil ‘S.S. 1923 Queenscliff’, and in pen in a later hand ‘Catholic Federation, Queenscliffe 1923’; the verso has the name ‘K. McCarthy’ in pen; the print has excellent clarity and is …

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# 42245

FOSTER & MARTIN

[KELLY GANG; CRICKET] Signed studio portrait of Francis Augustus Hare, Superintendent of the Victorian Mounted Police, inscribed by Hare for Ivo Bligh, captain of the visiting English cricket team. “Rupertswood”, Sunbury, Christmas 1882.

Melbourne : Foster & Martin, [1882]. Albumen print photograph in cabinet card format, 165 x 110 mm; verso with imprint of ‘Foster & Martin, Artists & Photographers, 29 & 31 Collins St. East, Melbourne’, and a presentation inscription in ink by the sitter: Francis Hare, for The Honbl. Ivo Blyth [sic – *see note below]; …

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# 44079

Photographer unknown.

Tinted studio portrait of Miss Leila Pyers, champion Highland dancer. Lismore, Northern New South Wales, circa 1915.

Gelatin silver print photograph with hand colouring, 140 x 80 mm, on the original studio mount of green board; verso with contemporary caption in pencil: ‘Leila Pyers’; the print and mount are in excellent condition. There are many newspaper notices that mention the achievements of Leila Pyers of Lismore in local and regional Highland dancing …

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