Photographs - Topographic
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# 44548
[SCHROEDER & CIE.]
[MOUNTAINEERING] Glacier des Bossons.
[Zürich : Schroeder & Cie., 1885]. Large format albumen print, 220 x 275 mm, captioned in the negative ‘399.Glacier des Bossons’; mounted recto of a nineteenth-century album leaf; in very good condition, the mount annotated with the word ‘Switzerland’ (in error) in blue fountain pen at lower left; the verso with another albumen print in …
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# 44417
PICKERING, Charles Percy (1825-1908)
Argyle Cut, The Rocks, Sydney, circa 1872.
Large format albumen print photograph, 230 x 280 mm; captioned in negative l.r. ‘Argyle Cut’; a beautifully crisp print in fine condition, unmounted. From the DAAO: ‘Under the direction of Colonial Architect James Barnet, Pickering was commissioned by the New South Wales government in January 1871 to prepare “a number of photographic views of Sydney …
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# 44035
LINDT, John William (1845-1926)
Victorian Volunteer Artillery at the Dandenong Encampment, April 1882.
Two albumen print photographs in identical Paris Panel format, 170 x 245 mm, the rectos and versos of the matching gilt-edged mounts with the gilt imprint of J. W. Lindt, 7 Collins Street East, Melbourne; both rectos with faint contemporary inscription at left of lower margin: ‘Dandenong Encampment’, one with the additional caption ‘Gun Drill’; …
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# 44418
BAYLISS, Charles
Ships from the “Sydney Wool Fleet” at anchor in Darling Harbour. 15 September 1891.
Large format albumen print photograph, 210 x 290 mm; captioned in manuscript in the negative across the lower edge: ‘Sept. 15th 1891. Wilcannia / Rodney / Illawarra / Hubbock / Woolloomooloo / Tartar’, and with the photographer’s name ‘C. Bayliss Photo.’ at lower right; in good condition, laid down on the original card mount removed …
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# 44089
JARRATT, A. E. (Albert Ellingworth) (1886-1962)
Two panoramic costal views taken at Lorne, Victoria, circa 1920.
Two gelatin silver print photographs taken with the same panoramic camera, in 90 x 250 mm format; laid down on original textured card mounts with photographer’s signature in pencil at lower right ‘A. E. Jarratt’; both prints and both mounts are in virtually pristine condition. Lorne resident A. E. Jarratt (1886-1962) was for many years …
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# 44088
Photographer unknown.
Large social outing on Mount Korong, central Victoria, circa 1900.
Gelatin silver print photograph, 112 x 152 mm, laid down on its original grey card mount, 128 x 188 mm; verso inscribed in a slightly later hand ‘Mount Korong’; fine condition. Despite the fact that it was probably taken by an amateur photographer, this is a fabulous outdoor photograph: the more you look, the more …
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# 44090
Photographer unknown.
[MELBOURNE] Suite of four views of Oakover Bridge on Merri Creek between Coburg and Preston. Early 1925.
Four large format gelatin silver print photographs, in uniform 150 x 200 mm format, on original matching board mounts each 245 x 300 mm; no photographer indicated; verso of one photograph has a slightly later explanatory inscription in pencil which reads: ‘Oakover Bridge opp. Oakover Road, Preston. Crosses Merri Ck. to Grant St. Coburg. Photo …
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# 44125
Photographer unknown.
[MELBOURNE] “Hawksview”, Manningtree Road, Hawthorn, circa 1900.
Large format sepia-tone gelatin silver print photograph, 145 x 180 mm, laid down on its original board mount, 255 x 300 mm; verso inscribed in a later hand ‘Hawksview / Manningtree Road’; the print is in excellent condition; the mount has some light foxing. “Hawksview” was an impressive Hawthorn family residence built in the 1870s, …
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# 44082
JACKSON'S NEWSAGENCY (publisher)
Valentine’s Snapsots. Canberra, A.C.T. No. 2. 12 real photographs for your album. Hand coloured.
Canberra : Published for Jackson’s Newsagency, [c.1930]. Fourteen (yes, a baker’s dozen plus one!) gelatin silver print photographs with hand colouring, in uniform 65 x 105 mm format, with captions in the negatives; all in fine condition, accompanied by the original manila envelope, as issued (paper splits to edges).
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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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# 43632
[HUMPHRIES, M., attributed]
Two panoramic photographs taken on Brighton Beach, Melbourne, summer 1905.
Two gelatin silver print photographs, in identical 100 x 330 mm format; no photographer’s imprint; both containing a wealth of detail and in very good condition. These wonderful views of Brighton Beach on Melbourne’s Port Phillip Bay were taken with the same special panoramic camera by an amateur photographer, and are almost certainly unique images. …
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# 43682
WRIGHT. Geo. P. (George Parkinson)
Brisbane illustrated : a series of twelve views of some of the principal public buildings and scenery of the city / photographed and published by Geo P. Wright.
Brisbane : Geo. P. Wright, James Street, Fortitude Valley, 1875. Oblong elephant folio (340 x 440 mm), original half black morocco over dark green cloth ruled in gilt, upper board titled in gilt (boards rubbed, spine somewhat worn); marbled endpapers, title-leaf printed in red and black, [12] albumen print photographs in more or less uniform …
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# 44065
JONES, John H. (1817?-1872)
Stereoscopic view of scenery at Mount Macedon, Victoria, circa 1862.
Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 70 x 72 mm, on original card mount 83 x 173 mm; recto of mount imprinted ‘Jones’s Photographs of Australian Sceneries’, and with a fully contemporary inscription in ink: ‘Scenery at Mount Macedon’; verso with pencilled name of the original owner ‘McMillan’; both prints are in very good condition; …
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# 44064
JONES, John H. (1817?-1872)
Stereoscopic view of the Devil’s Glen Falls on the Campaspe River, Victoria, circa 1862.
Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 70 x 72 mm, on original card mount 83 x 173 mm; recto of mount imprinted ‘Jones’s Photographs of Australian Sceneries’, and with a fully contemporary inscription in ink: ‘On the Campaspe / View of Devil’s Glen Falls’; verso with pencilled name of the original owner ‘McMillan’; both prints …
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# 43728
BROOKES' PHOTOGRAPHIC UNION [BROOKES, Albert Edward; BROOKES, Frederick Augustus]
Western Victoria : companion to “Gippsland Through The Camera”. Illustrated by gems of photography.
[Geelong, Vic.] : Brookes’ Photographic Union, [1891]. Large quarto portfolio (285 x 260 mm), pebbled blue cloth over boards, the upper board with title surmounted by crown and company motto, all in gilt; boards scuffed and stained, cloth split along spine; interior with cloth-covered flaps, but containing no photographs. Quite possibly a unique survivor, this …
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# 37236
SCOTT, Robert Vere (1877-1940)
River Yarra, Melbourne.
[Circa 1904]. Panoramic gelatin silver print photograph, 230 x 570 mm, signed and titled in the negative at bottom left and right ‘R. Vere Scott, Copyright / River Yarra, Melbourne’; on the original board mount, 330 x 690 mm, with the title repeated in calligraphic lettering across the lower margin; a superb print in pristine …