South Australia
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# 40518
SOLOMON, Saul
Portrait of a veiled woman in velvet. Adelaide, circa 1880.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 62 mm, verso with imprint of ‘S. Solomon, School of Photography, 51 Rundle Street, Adelaide’; print and mount are in superb condition. A magnificent head-and-shoulders portrait. Surely the sitter is a celebrity – possibly an actress?
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# 40441
WYATT, Thomas J. J.
Studio portrait of a young woman holding a letter. Western District, Victoria, early 1860s.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 103 x 63 mm (mount); verso imprinted ‘Photographed by Thos. J. J. Wyatt, Warrnambool, Portland and Belfast’; a superb, crisp print; in fine condition, as is the mount. A beautiful studio portrait of a woman seated beside a table, holding a letter. There can be little doubt she …
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# 41118
FRANCIS, William Augustus
Husband and (expectant?) wife. Adelaide, mid 1860s.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 64 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘W. A. Francis, Photographer and Artist, 93 Hindley St. Adelaide’; the print has excellent clarity and is in good condition; the mount is lightly foxed. A nicely composed studio portrait of a married couple. We suspect the woman is …
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# 41286
GEORGE & WALTON
Studio portrait of Elizabeth Smith (Spicer), wife of Sir Edwin Smith, businessman, mayor and politician. Adelaide, South Australia, circa 1883.
Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 166 x 113 mm (mount); recto of mount with gilt imprint of ‘George & Walton, late Tuttle & Co., 65, Rundle Street, Adelaide’; verso with identifying caption in pencil in a later hand (copies from an album mount) ‘Elizabeth Smith née Spicer’; a superb print in fine condition, as …
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# 13471
GINNINGS, J. T.
Mount Gambier Mechanics’ Institute under construction. Southeastern South Australia, circa 1868.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 63 x 103 mm; verso with the imprint of J.T. Ginnings Photographer Mt. Gambier & Portland; the albumen print with some toning, confined to the upper edges; the verso of the mount with a little foxing. ‘Mount Gambier Institute under construction. The ground floor library, reading rooms and …
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# 41221
LILLECRAPP, William Spettigue (1840-1920)
[BAROSSA VALLEY] The manuscript diary of William Spettigue Lillecrapp, September 1863-April 1864.
Large octavo journal (210 x 165 mm), original half green morocco over grey cloth (boards marked and sun-faded; corners worn; some loss to leather on spine); verso of front free-endpaper with ownership signature and date ‘W. S. Lillecrapp, 23 September, 1863’; manuscript in ink on unruled paper, pp. [157 Lillecrapp’s diary, September 1863-April 1864], [2 blank], [25 …
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# 41380
SWEET, Samuel White (1825-1886)
View of the interior of the Adelaide Arcade, December 1885.
Albumen print photograph, 160 x 223 mm, with ‘Sweet, Adelaide’ in manuscript in negative at bottom edge left of centre; laid down on its original mount of thickish card, captioned ‘Arcade’ in red ink below the image; the tones are a little dark (to be expected) but the image contains a wealth of detail such …
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# 41378
Photographer unknown.
The ford and bridge, Laura, South Australia, mid 1870s.
Albumen print photograph, 95 x 136 mm, laid down recto of its original card mount, 250 x 300 mm, with calligraphic manuscript caption in ink in the bottom margin of the mount: ‘S.A. / The Ford and Bridge / Laura’; verso with old ownership wet stamp of ‘W. W. Courtney, Chemist, Cheltenham. Phone 233’; the print …
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# 41463
FISCHER, Theodor
Vagabondlif I Australien
/ af Theodor Fischer. Stockholm : Albert Bonniers Förlag, 1879. Small octavo (185 x 125 mm), contemporary half-calf over marbled papered boards; pp. 124, illustrated with 5 b/w lithographic plates (including one of a large Aboriginal group titled ‘King Okalia and entourage’; text in Swedish; a fine copy. Memoir of a Swedish drifter in the …
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# 41276
[ADELAIDE] Norwood Town Hall. Monday, August 26, 1901. Grand Benefit Concert will be tendered by the Silver Star Vaudeville Co. to Mr. Harry Lane,
who is unable to follow his employment owing to an accident he met with at the Marryatville Tramsheds. Adelaide : Smith & Heap, printers, Bray Street (late Quiz Office), 1901. Broadsheet, 295 x 225 mm, lithographically printed recto only; with programme of the evening’s entertainments, plus advertisements for 12 Adelaide businesses; printed on very cheap …
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# 41279
[ADELAIDE] Federal Hall, Grote Street. Friday, August 14, 1903. A Grand Concert & Dance will be held in aid of Funds to erect a Memorial for the late Mr. C. Pryor, late member of the Cornwall Football Club,
and for many years in the employment of Messrs A. Simpson and Son. Adelaide : A. H. Kruss, Pirie Street, 1903. Folding broadsheet, 295 x 450 mm (fully opened), 295 x 225 mm (folded), lithographically printed on [4] sides; with programme of the evening’s entertainments, headlined by Will Raymond, Alf Bushby, Miss Mary Lawler, Bert …
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# 41277
[ADELAIDE] Victoria Ramblers Football Club. Second Annual Concert in the Goodwood Institute, on Monday, July 8th [1901].
[Adelaide : A. & E. Lewis, printers, 1901]. Broadsheet, 295 x 225 mm, lithographically printed on both sides; recto with programme of the evening’s entertainments, plus advertisements for 12 Adelaide businesses; verso with full-page advertisement for J. Henry & Co.; printed on very cheap paper but well preserved; quite possibly a unique survivor.
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# 40961
PEAKE, Andrew Guy
Gardens, Orchards and Vines: The Histories of Wilson, Neilson and Townsend Families of Penola, South Australia
Adelaide : Tudor Australian Press, 2014. Quarto, cards with plastic cover, pp. 160, illustrated. New copy. ‘Traces the descendants of William Wilson (1816-1891) who emigrated with his family from Scotland on the Agincourt in 1850. He became a shepherd on sheep runs round Penola. After a trip to the Victorian goldfields, he was able to …
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# 41088
WHITEFIELD'S INSTITUTE (ADELAIDE)
Whitefield’s Hindmarsh. Pennies for the Poor. Four hundred families amid the dense poverty of Southwark, Hindmarsh, Brompton, Bowden and Devon Park look to us for aid. Giving makes us glad.
Hindmarsh, S.A. : Whitefield’s Congregational Institute, [circa 1927]. Collection box, 142 x 235 mm (still folded flat), printed in red and blue on white card, with two illustrations; fine condition. The Whitefield’s Institute was a mission to the Adelaide poor established in 1927 by Rev. Wilfred J. Magor, minister of the Congregational Church in the …
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# 40514
PERRY, H. R. (ca. 1846-1936)
Mount Remarkable, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, 1875-76
Albumen print photograph, 170 x 225 mm, laid down recto of its original card mount, 250 x 305 mm, with manuscript caption in ink in a neat hand: ‘Mount Remarkable’; verso with old ownership wet stamp of ‘W. W. Courtney, Chemist, Cheltenham. Phone 233’; the print is in good condition, with some spotting and a small …
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# 40513
PERRY, H. R. (ca. 1846-1936)
Woolundunga Springs near Port Augusta, 1875-76
Albumen print photograph, 170 x 225 mm, laid down recto of its original card mount, 250 x 305 mm, with manuscript caption in ink in a neat hand: ‘Woolundunga Springs near Port Augusta. / Verdant vales and fountains bright, Trees that nod on sloping hills, caves that echo, tinkling rills.’; verso with old ownership wet stamp …