Photographs - Topographic

  • Views in Japan, India, & China

    # 48431

    BEATO, Felix; FLOYD, William Pryor; BOURNE, Samuel

    Views in Japan, India, & China

    [1867-1870]. Photograph album, large oblong folio (320 x 480 mm), original red morocco richly gilt (worn at corners and spine ends), upper board lettered in gilt ‘Views in Japan, India, & China’; all edges gilt; moire pastedowns and endpapers; verso of front free-endpaper with the inscription of the original owner Frederick Woods, dated July 1871; …

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  • Peeps at Japan.

    # 49585

    BEATO, Felice (1832-1909)

    Peeps at Japan.

    [Yokohama, 1872]. Oblong quarto (230 x 300 mm), half morocco over marbled papered boards (rubbed), upper board with original printed title label ‘Peeps at Japan’, spine lettered in gilt ‘Beato / Peeps at Japan’; original marbled endpapers, containing [20] albumen prints in format 155 x 200 mm, mounted recto only on leaves of lightweight card …

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  • Two views of Fitzroy Falls, Moss Vale, New South Wales, c.1890.

    # 50370

    [NEW SOUTH WALES. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE]

    Two views of Fitzroy Falls, Moss Vale, New South Wales, c.1890.

    Two large format albumen print photographs, each 230 x 280 mm, both captioned in the negative at lower right ‘Fitzroy Falls, Moss Vale’; both in fine condition, unmounted. Fitzroy Falls is an 80-metre waterfall located in what is now the Morton National Park in the Southern Highlands region of New South Wales, just southeast of …

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  • "Building Allotments" timber yard with supervisor and workers. Sydney, c.1870.

    # 48761

    SYDNEY PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY

    “Building Allotments” timber yard with supervisor and workers. Sydney, c.1870.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 61 x 101 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘Sydney Photographic Company / 200 Pitt St / opposite Victoria Theatre / Views of all prominent buildings in city & suburbs / carte de Visite and larger sizes / Stereoscopic views’; a strong print with excellent clarity; the mount …

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  • Panorama of the Georges Head Battery and Sydney Harbour, looking across to North and South Head, 1874-75.

    # 40306

    BAYLISS, Charles (1850-1897)

    Panorama of the Georges Head Battery and Sydney Harbour, looking across to North and South Head, 1874-75.

    Two albumen print photographs, in identical 220 x 290 mm format, window-mounted side-by-side to form a contiguous two-part panorama; some light creasing, else very good condition. Two large-format prints forming a panorama of the Georges Head Battery looking east toward the Heads, and capturing the spectacular sweep of the harbour in the middle ground. Bayliss …

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  • [SYDNEY] View of the New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, c.1870.

    # 50313

    DEGOTARDI, John (1823-1882) (attributed)

    [SYDNEY] View of the New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, c.1870.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 64 x 100 mm (mount); verso blank (i.e. without photographer’s imprint); both the print and the mount are in very good condition. New South Wales Parliament House is the oldest public building in continual use in Australia, having formerly been the northern wing of Governor Macquarie’s Rum Hospital, completed …

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  • [BLUE MOUNTAINS] View in the Grose Valley, New South Wales, c.1890.

    # 50371

    [NEW SOUTH WALES. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE]

    [BLUE MOUNTAINS] View in the Grose Valley, New South Wales, c.1890.

    Large format albumen print photograph, 230 x 280 mm, captioned in the negative at lower right ‘Valley of the Gross NSW’; in fine condition, unmounted.

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  • Circular Quay on a holiday. Sydney, c.1895

    # 50373

    KERRY, Charles

    Circular Quay on a holiday. Sydney, c.1895

    Albumen print photograph, 150 x 200 mm, captioned in the negative at lower left ‘1682. Circular Quay on a holiday’, and with the blind stamp of ‘Kerry & Co. Photo., 308 Geo. St. Sydney Copyright’; mounted recto of a 19th-century album leaf of thick card, with manuscript caption to lower margin; in fine condition; verso …

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  • Three views in the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales, c.1890.

    # 50372

    [NEW SOUTH WALES. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE]

    Three views in the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales, c.1890.

    Three large format albumen print photographs, each 230 x 280 mm, with captions in the negative; one print with a couple of nicks to top edge, otherwise all in fine condition, unmounted.

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  • [THYLACINE; GOLD RUSH] Display of gold from the Colony of Victoria at the International Exhibition, London, 1862

    # 40072

    LONDON STEREOSCOPIC & PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY

    [THYLACINE; GOLD RUSH] Display of gold from the Colony of Victoria at the International Exhibition, London, 1862

    London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, 1862. Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, 80 x 80 mm each image (arched format), on yellow mount 84 x 173 mm; recto with printed title: The International Exhibition of 1862: No. 141 – N. E. Transcept, and Australian Gold Case; under magnification, the sign on the case reads: The Stamping Machine / Victoria …

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  • Schoolboys playing cricket and leapfrog outside the Camberwell Common School building, Melbourne, c.1867.

    # 49964

    PATERSON BROTHERS

    Schoolboys playing cricket and leapfrog outside the Camberwell Common School building, Melbourne, c.1867.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 63 x 104 mm (mount); verso with the imprint of ‘Paterson Brothers, Photographic Artists. Portrait Rooms, 8 Bourke St. East, Melbourne’; both the print and the mount are in fine condition. A very early colonial cricket photograph.  The Camberwell Common School opened on 19 August 1867, roughly on …

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  • View looking east across Woolloomooloo Bay to Potts Point, with the mansion "Bomera" prominent, early 1870s.

    # 50172

    DEGOTARDI, John (1823-1882) (attributed)

    View looking east across Woolloomooloo Bay to Potts Point, with the mansion “Bomera” prominent, early 1870s.

    Albumen print photograph, 128 x 190 mm; laid down recto of a 19th-century album leaf with a fully contemporary caption beneath: Potts Point, Woolomoloo [sic]; a very stromg print with rich tonal range, in excellent condition. A rare early photograph of the magnificent Potts Point mansion “Bomera”, which was built in 1856 by architect John …

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  • The Black Mine, Jundah, Central West Queensland (the first black opal mine in Australia), c.1900.

    # 50130

    NICHOLAS & CO.

    The Black Mine, Jundah, Central West Queensland (the first black opal mine in Australia), c.1900.

    Gelatin silver print photograph, cabinet card format, 108 x 164 mm (mount); verso with wet stamp of travelling Queensland outback photographers Nicholas & Co., and a fully contemporary inscription in pencil; ‘The Black Mine. For Miss A. (?)Garries’; the print has excellent clarity and is in very good condition, as is the mount. Quite possibly …

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  • Front view of the Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital, Concord West, Sydney, c.1893.

    # 50170

    [Photographer unknown].

    Front view of the Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital, Concord West, Sydney, c.1893.

    Albumen print photograph, 138 x 206 mm, laid down recto of a 19th-century album leaf of heavy cardstock; mount with fully contemporary caption in pencil: ‘Walker Hospital, Parramatta River’, and another in a different hand: ‘near Sydney’; a very strong print in excellent condition; mounted on the verso is another print in identical format (so …

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  • [TAHITI] Tomb of Queen Pomare IV at 'Outu'ai'ai point, Arue.

    # 50117

    SPITZ, Charles Georges (1857-1894)

    [TAHITI] Tomb of Queen Pomare IV at ‘Outu’ai’ai point, Arue.

    [Circa 1885]. Albumen print photograph, 193 x 152 mm; verso with fully contemporary caption in pencil: Pomare’s tomb – Tahiti; a strong print with dark tones; the print has some light creasing but is otherwise in very good condition; unmounted. [TOGETHER WITH] A smaller albumen print, 110 x 165 mm, with another view of the …

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  • The Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens, Melbourne, circa 1950.

    # 45852

    CATO, Jack (1889-1971)

    The Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens, Melbourne, circa 1950.

    Large-format gelatin silver print photograph, 460 x 370 mm; on the original board mount, signed in full by the photographer beneath the image; a touch of silverfishing at the edges of the print, else fine condition; in a later gazed timber frame. An early post-war view of an iconic Melbourne building, by photographer and photographic …

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