Architecture

  • Ceremony of laying the first stone of the collegiate school of St. Peter’s, Adelaide, by the Lord Bishop of Adelaide, on Thursday, May 24, 1849 ...

    # 14673

    Church of England. Diocese of Adelaide.

    Ceremony of laying the first stone of the collegiate school of St. Peter’s, Adelaide, by the Lord Bishop of Adelaide, on Thursday, May 24, 1849 …

    Adelaide : Printed by George Dehane, King William Street, 1849. Quarto, printed wrappers, 6 pp, mild vertical fold line and some corner creasing; ex Webster Collection, with small red stamp and manuscript collection number (2657) to last page; a good copy. Ferguson 5160. Copies are recorded in three Australian collections (National Library of Australia; State …

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  • Catalogue of the magnificent furniture, art treasures, costly appointments and effects ... throughout the residence 'Wyldefel', Wylde Street, Potts Point.

    # 51472

    LAWSON, James R.

    Catalogue of the magnificent furniture, art treasures, costly appointments and effects … throughout the residence ‘Wyldefel’, Wylde Street, Potts Point.

    Sydney : James R. Lawson, 1935. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, marked with tears to the yapp edges, pp. 132, occasional foxing. Lavish catalogue of the opulent contents of ‘Wyldefel’ owned by Mr. W. A. Crowle. Includes rare Lalique glass, silver, Chinese ivory and Japanese antiques, exhibition quality furniture etc. The artworks include numerous etchings by Norman …

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  • Side view of Christ Church, Hawthorn, Melbourne. Dated 1862.

    # 51263

    [Photographer unknown]

    Side view of Christ Church, Hawthorn, Melbourne. Dated 1862.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each image 72 x 75 mm, on original brown card mount 81 x 172 mm; verso with period inscriptions in pencil ‘Hawthorn Church’ and ink ‘Hawthorn Church, Melbourne, 1862’; both albumen prints have rich tonal range and are in fine condition; the mount has a small stain at one corner but is …

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  • "Cherry Mount" homestead, Western District of Victoria, c.1890.

    # 51529

    GREENHAM, C. G. (Charles George) (1853-1925)

    “Cherry Mount” homestead, Western District of Victoria, c.1890.

    Albumen print photograph, in very large 220 x 290 mm format; on the photographer’s mount, 300 x 420 mm; manuscript caption ‘CHERRY MOUNT’ in the negative lower centre; verso wet-stamped ‘The “Herodotus” Studio, C.G. Greenham, Photographer, Hawthorn’; the print is in fine condition; the mount has residual glue marks from where the mount was once housed …

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  • Outdoor ambrotype of Bradworthy Vicarage, Devon, dated 29 July 1862.

    # 43341

    [Photographer unknown]

    Outdoor ambrotype of Bradworthy Vicarage, Devon, dated 29 July 1862.

    Sixth-plate ambrotype, 72 x 58 mm (sight); in an elliptical brass mat with ormolu preserver (no case); fully contemporary inscription in ink to backing paper verso: ‘Bradworthy Vicarage, July 28th 1862’; a very sharp image; the original cover glass has a crack at upper right corner. Side view of the Bradworthy Vicarage, today a Grade II …

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  • William Savage Cottage, Robe, southeast South Australia, late 1860s.

    # 51396

    GINNINGS, J. T.

    William Savage Cottage, Robe, southeast South Australia, late 1860s.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 62 x 102 mm; verso with wet stamp of ‘J. T. Ginnings, Photographer’; the print has lost a fair amount of contrast; the mount is clean and stable. From a carte de visite album belonging to William Savage (1817-1890) and later his son Henry Savage (1857, Robe, S.A. …

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  • Portraits in the landscape : the house paintings of William Tibbits, 1870-1906

    # 51266

    JONES, Shar et al.

    Portraits in the landscape : the house paintings of William Tibbits, 1870-1906

    Sydney : Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 1984. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 26, illustrated. Exhibition held at Elizabeth Bay House, 1 Mar.-30 Apr. 1984.

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  • Old colonial architecture in New South Wales and Tasmania

    # 48249

    WILSON, Hardy

    Old colonial architecture in New South Wales and Tasmania

    Sydney : published by the author at Union House, 1924. Edition limited to 1000 numbered and signed copies (no. 324). Large folio, original papered boards (rubbed, upper board with a couple of small marks, spine a little stained), upper board with gilt lettering and “bat and peaches” device, paste-downs and endpapers with a small amount …

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  • Historical memoir of the Melbourne Club

    # 50801

    SCOTT, Ernest

    Historical memoir of the Melbourne Club

    Melbourne : The Specialty Press, 1936. Octavo, gilt decorated full crushed morocco (edges slightly rubbed), pp. xi; [blank]; 111; [blank], photographic illustrations, errata sheet pasted to lower pastedown, a few specks of foxing, else fine. Edition limited to 650 numbered copies, bookplate and owner’s name to endpapers.

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  • A Melbourne family posed outside their mansion (possibly on St. Kilda Road), c.1895.

    # 50406

    DE PINNA, Prof. Francis "Frank"

    A Melbourne family posed outside their mansion (possibly on St. Kilda Road), c.1895.

    Large format silver albumen print, 230 x 285 mm, on photographer’s studio mount of brown card with gilt decorative border and imprint: ‘Prof. de Pinna / Melb.’; both the print and the mount are in excellent condition. Relatively little is known about Prof. Francis “Frank” de Pinna, artist, musician and photographer (1864-1914), although he was …

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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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  • The Hotel Metropole, Sydney, c.1890.

    # 50407

    KERRY, Charles

    The Hotel Metropole, Sydney, c.1890.

    Albumen print photograph, 150 x 200 mm, 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: ‘Hotel Metropole, where Murch and I stopped 1st time. Sydney’; in fine condition; verso with another albumen print in similar …

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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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  • 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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