New South Wales

# 5971

PAINE, John 1833-1908, attributed

Neutral Bay, Sydney Harbour

Circa 1880. Albumen print photograph, 115 x 185 mm, laid down on a section of its original album page of thin card, contemporary caption in pencil across lower margin, the albumen print in excellent condition, the card with some very mild toning. This view, looking across the harbour from the heights of Neutral Bay to …

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# 3145

Elliott & Fry

Photographic portrait of Robert Lowe, colonial politician, circa 1873

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 62 mm, recto and verso with studio imprint of Elliott & Fry, 55 Baker Street, Portman Square, verso also with contemporary inscription in pencil: Robert Lowe. A strong print with good tonal range, in excellent condition. The British lawyer Robert Lowe (1811-1892) arrived in Sydney in …

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# 2766

ALMQVIST, Carl Jonas Love, 1793-1866

[UTOPIAS] Parjumouf : saga ifrån Nya Holland.

THE FIRST WORK OF FICTION WRITTEN IN SWEDISH TO HAVE AN AUSTRALIAN SETTING. Stockholm : Gadelius, 1817. First edition. Duodecimo, modern half green morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering (sunned), modern marbled endpapers, original printed upper wrapper bound in (but lacking the lower wrapper), 98 pp; a crisp, clean copy …

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# 7812

KERRY, Charles, 1857-1928

[BLUE MOUNTAINS] Ball Room, Jenolan / Entrance, Jenolan Caves

Circa 1889. Two albumen print photographs, each 150 x 210 mm, laid down on their original album leaf of thick card, contemporary calligraphic captions in red ink to the mount beneath each image, “Ball Room, Jenolan” / “Entrance, Jenolan Caves”; the prints are in good condition, with some light motting from the printing process; the …

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# 7813

KERRY, Charles, 1857-1928

[BLUE MOUNTAINS] Devil’s Coach House / Jenolan Caves

Circa 1889. Two albumen print photographs, each 210 x 150 mm, laid down on their original album leaf of thick card, contemporary calligraphic captions in red ink to the mount beneath each image, “Devil’s Coach House” / “Jenolan Caves” [Carlotta’s Arch]; the prints are in good condition, with slight loss of contrast and some light …

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# 669

Bardwell, Melbourne

S.S. Austral, sunk in Sydney Harbour, 1882

Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format (150 x 105 mm). Photographic studio details printed recto; inscribed in ink in period hand verso: “S.S. Austral, Orient Line. Sunk in Sydney Harbour about 1881.”

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