AUSTRALIAN PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS
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# 51612
HODGES, Henry George
Self-portrait of the photographer, and of a young woman (possibly his wife). Melbourne, c.1865.
Two albumen print photographs with hand colouring, each 102 x 62 mm (mounts); versos with the imprint of ‘H. G. Hodges, Photographic Artist, 83 Brunswick St., Collingwood’; both of the prints and the mounts are in fine condition. Henry George Hodges is an obscure Collingwood (Fitzroy) photographer of the 1860s. As he does not appear …
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# 51594
TAYLOR, Richard
Timboo and Ellen, with Ellen’s dog. Geelong, 1863-64.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 99 x 62 mm (mount); verso with the back mark of ‘R. Taylor, Photographer, 16 Gt. Ryrie Street, Geelong’, and a fully contemporary inscription in pencil, ‘Timboon [sic] & Ellen’, which is written twice in the same hand (the second time with a superior pencil); the print is …
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# 51592
NOBLE, Timothy
Studio portrait of African-American musician and actor, Hosea Easton. Melbourne, 1877-78.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 101 x 63 mm (mount); recto imprinted ‘T. Noble & Co. Photo. 81 Bourke St. East”; verso imprinted ‘T. Noble & Co. Photographers, Miniature Portrait Painters, 81 Bourke St. East, Melbourne. Enlarged copies from 20/-‘; the print has lost some contrast and is lightly foxed. A rare studio …
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# 51033
GLAISTER, Thomas Skelton (1825-1904)
Studio portrait of two identically dressed young brothers, one holding a cricket bat. Sydney, 1864-5.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 98 x 64 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘T. S. Glaister, Photographic Artist, 253 Pitt Street, Sydney’, in an oval cartouche set within a decorative border surmounted by a wyvern; an absolutely superb print; pale foxing to the verso. English-born Thomas Skelton Glaister was one of the …
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# 51312
BARDWELL CLARKE STUDIOS (PERTH)
Studio portraits of Lily Kerr-Pearse, wife of the private secretary to the Governor of Western Australia, in fancy dress for the Centenary Ball. Perth, 1929.
A pair of sepia-toned carbon print photographs, in identical 195 x 145 mm format, on individual plain card mounts (355 x 250 mm) with the studio’s signature and address in pencil lower right, and the studio’s protective tissue guard borders still in place; both prints are in superb condition, each mount with a later explanatory …
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# 51611
FRITH, Frederick
Studio portrait of pastoralist David Reid Jnr. Melbourne, c.1866.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 100 x 65 mm (mount); verso imprinted ‘Carte de Visite, or Album Portraits, Frith’s New Ivorytype & Photographic Rooms, 7 Collins Street East, Melbourne’; an exceptional print in pristine conditio; (Sitter identified by an inscription on album mount). David Reid Jnr. (1821-1906) arrived in Australia with his family …
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# 51032
GLAISTER, Thomas Skelton (1825-1904)
Studio portrait of a young girl holding a carte de visite album. Sydney, 1864-5.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 98 x 64 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘T. S. Glaister, Photographic Artist, 253 Pitt Street, Sydney’, in an oval cartouche set within a decorative border surmounted by a wyvern; an absolutely superb print; the mount has a slight bruise at upper left corner and pale foxing …
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# 51615
McDONALD, Alexander
Studio portrait of a man in costume as Mephistopheles. Melbourne, c.1867.
Albumen print photograph with hand colouring, cabinet card format, 163 x 108 mm (mount); recto imprinted ‘A. McDonald, St. George’s Hall’; verso blank; both the print and the mount are in excellent condition. We believe the sitter is likely to be John Lawrence Hall in stage costume for his role as Mephistopheles in a popular …
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# 42939
BELL, Edward
Ambrotype of a gentleman with a moustache and tousled hair. Melbourne, 1873-76.
Ninth-plate ambrotype with applied colour, 53 x 41 mm (sight); in an oval patterned brass mat, housed in its original wall frame of papier-mâché over wood, with brass hook for suspension; verso of frame with studio’s printed label: ‘From Bell’s 6d Portrait Rooms, 155 Swanston St., Melbourne’; in excellent condition. As far as we can ascertain, this …
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# 51610
WOOD, David
Studio portrait of a two young male friends in an affectionate pose. South Melbourne, late 1880s.
Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 166 x 107 mm (mount); recto of mount imprinted ‘D. Wood, near Town Hall, South Melbourne’; verso blank; a superb print in excellent condition; the mount is clean and stable. An artistic composition taken in David Wood’s studio setting that recreates a neoclassical garden – possibly inspired by the …
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# 51578
DURYEA, Townsend (1823-1888)
Profile portrait of a woman with bottle curls and wearing a striped dress, seated at a writing desk with her hand on an open book. Adelaide, mid 1860s.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 103 x 63 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘T. Duryea, Photographer to His Excellency, 66 & 68 King William St. Adelaide’; both the print and mount are in fine condition. The detail in this image is incredibly sharp: not only is the aristocratic-looking woman’s wedding ring clearly …
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# 51598
WILDER, Joseph Warrin
Robert George Tucker, undertaker, and his wife Georgina Herd (Passmore) Tucker. Rockhampton, Queensland, c.1863.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 100 x 62 mm (mount); verso with the back mark of ‘J. W. Wilder, Photographer, Rockhampton’, and two fully contemporary inscriptions, the first in ink: ‘Mr. & Mrs. Tucker, formerly Miss Georgina Passmore’, and the second in pencil (in the same hand): ‘Mr. & Mrs. Tucker’; both the …
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# 51597
CAZNEAUX, Harold Pierce (1878-1953)
Portrait of photographer and missionary Norman Deck playing the piano. Riley Street, North Sydney, c.1905.
Gelatin silver print photograph, 120 x 85 mm; verso inscribed in black biro ‘Taken by Cazneaux at his house in Riley St.’, and in purple ink ‘Joyce Elmslie, 5 Oberon Cres., Gordon’ (presumably a neighbour of Cazneaux at a later date); the print is unmounted and in excellent condition. Sydney-born photographer and missionary Norman Cathcart …
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# 51606
HETZER, William fl. 1850-1867
Studio portrait of a gentleman posed with his top hat upturned on a table beside him. Sydney, early 1860s.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 100 x 62 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘W. Hetzer’s Photographic Gallery, 287 George Street, Sydney, N.S.W.’; both the print and mount are in excellent condition. In 1850 the German-born photographer William Hetzer and his wife Thekla arrived in Sydney, where they immediately set up a photographic studio …
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# 51607
CHERRY, George (1820-1878)
Studio portrait of an elderly gentleman in an ill-fitting frock coat. Hobart Town, 1866-67.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 61 mm (mount); verso imprinted ‘Photographed by G. Cherry, 80 Liverpool Sweet, Hobart Town’; both the albumen print and mount are in fine condition. A superb studio portrait by George Cherry, one of Tasmania’s most significant pioneer photographers. English artist George Cherry arrived at Norfolk Island early …
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# 51282
KRUGER, Johann Friedrich Carl (Fred) (1831-1888)
Annie Rees, Loddon Tribe. Coranderrk, c.1878.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 62 mm (mount); no photographer’s imprint; verso with contemporary inscription in ink: Annie Ries (sic), Western Port (sic) Tribe; a strong print with rich tones; light surface marks lower left; otherwise excellent condition. This studio portrait of Annie Rees, with Kruger’s instantly recognisable fern backdrop, is clearly related …