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Albumen photograph of a butterfly, Hawkesbury River.
1896.
A Nineteenth Century Nature Study
Albumen silver photograph 84 x 69 mm. contemporary manuscript inscription on the obverse, very good. Original field-work photograph of the "Danaeia Erippus" (actually Danaus, the "Southern Monarch") taken at the Hawkesbury River in 1896. Compelling image of butterflies, caterpillars and a chrysalis perched on.....
Price (AUD):
$225.00
Ref: #4001593
Cabinet Portrait of "Lady Carington", wife of the Governor General of NSW.
London: Alexander Bassano, circa 1875.
Wife of the Governor of NSW
Cabinet card, measuring 165 x 110 mm., early manuscript annotation, the card in very good condition overall. Charming cabinet card photographic portrait of the Honourable Cecilia Margaret Harbord, who married the future governor of New South Wales, Sir Charles.....
Price (AUD):
$440.00
Ref: #4111703
Carte de Visite of Anne Lindsay…
Melbourne: Alfred Winter, circa 1860. Photographic carte de visite, 95 x 60 mm., some rubbing; Alfred Winter trade details verso and manuscript attribution, very good. Fine photographic carte-de-visite of Anne Lindsay, by the prominent early photographer Alfred Winter. The photographer was Alfred Winter, and his printed advertising crest is on.....
Price (AUD):
$285.00
Ref: #4008187
Royal Agricultural Show of 1897.
Sydney: N.S.W. Government Printer, 1897.
Photographic Panorama of the Sydney Agricultural Show
Five-panel panoramic photograph, highlighted by hand, laid down on canvas, 390 x 3490 mm.; some wear and staining to canvas backing, very lightly cracked at one joint, but overall in very good condition. A rare very large panoramic.....
Price (AUD):
$6,500.00
Ref: #3504681
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'The Orient Liner "Austral" sunk in Sydney Harbour' [pencil title to verso].
Sydney? 1882.
Shipping catastrophe in Sydney harbour
Albumen silver print, 150 x 200mm, pencil description to reverse of the image. Remarkable photo showing the S.S. Austral after it foundered in Sydney Harbour while coaling off Kirribilli in November 1882. The striking scene shows the vessel sunk past the gunwales and.....
Price (AUD):
$650.00
Ref: #4001581
Flying Squadron on the Derwent River.
Hobart? 1870.
The Australian tour
Stereoscope, card mount measuring 175 x 83mm. Rare stereoscopic photograph of the Royal Navy "Flying Squadron" on their visit to the Derwent River in January 1870. The Flying Squadron, under the command of Rear Admiral Hornby, was a travelling display of British naval supremacy which.....
Price (AUD):
$750.00
Ref: #3909313
Original Carte-de-visite photograph of Arthur Orton…
London: The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, circa 1871.
The pleasure of his company…
Photograph measuring 89 x 59 mm. (image), on card with printed caption, verso bears printed details of the London Stereoscopic Company, fine. Scarce contemporary photographic image of Arthur Orton, the Australian butcher who claimed the identity.....
Price (AUD):
$750.00
Ref: #4211182
Original Carte de visite photograph of Arthur Orton.
London: circa 1871.
The pleasure of his company…
Photograph, 89 x 59 mm. (image), on printed card, with ms. ink inscription on the bottom margin: "Arthur Orton - alias T. Castro - alias Sir Roger C. Tichborne - 1871. Sentenced to 14 years penal servitude - 1874" A rare image.....
Price (AUD):
$875.00
Ref: #3504678