Mid 19th century albumen prints (early photographs)

Ned Kelly's Boxing Match Photo

The Famous Ned Kelly Boxing match photo, taken after his 1874 match Against Isaiah 'Wild' Wright, albumen paper photograph dated August 8, 1874 bears stamp of Melbourne Portrait Rooms and photographer J. J. Chidley on verso

Lindt & King: Albumen Photographs of Melbourne and Sydney

J. W. Lindt (1845-1926) & H.King (1855-1923) - An album of albumen photographs, An album containing 49 Lindt albumen photographs of Melbourne street scenes and buildings including several infrequently seen images (Little Collins St, William St, The…

The Far East: Illustrated Journal with Original Photos

The Far East, Black, John Reddie, a monthly Journal, R. Black (editor), Shanghai, August 1876- July 1877 illustrated with 79 original silver albumen photographs mounted on card with printed borders and captions, half leather binding, faults to spine,…

Northern Territory: Albumen Photographs from 1880s

Northern Territory: An album of 48 albumen photographs, circa 1880s, titled in pencil below the image, subjects include Abraham's Billabong, Ironstone Camp Birdum Creek, Daly Waters Telegraph Station, Typical Chinese Hut, N. T., Daly Waters Telegraph…

Fred Kruger's Victorian Album: Aboriginals, Landscapes, and Wrecks

Fred Kruger (1831-1888), Victoria, An album containing 60 albumen photographs with subjects including: Yarra Street Wharf Corio Bay, Geelong, Victorian Aboriginals and War Implements, Victorian Aboriginals and Canoe, New Lighthouse and Quarters, Dromana,…

Rare Maori Portraits by Elizabeth Pulman, c1870s

The Glew collection of rare carte de visite/ albumen prints by Elizabeth Pulman, Auckland, c1870's. Print sizes generally: 90 x 5.5 cm. Three images have been cropped to an oval by the photographer. Mild fading and wear to prints. This exceptional…

Melbourne Views: Noone's Albumen Prints (1869)

John Noone (working 1858-1888), A folio of 15 albumen prints including views of Melbourne from the tower of 'Rostella', Fitzroy Gardens, the Government Printing Works, Williams Street and Little Lonsdale Street, The Observatory, The Post Office, Treasury…

Dan Kelly: Melbourne's Late 19th Century Outlaw

An important photo of Dan Kelly, brother of Ned Kelly, Taken in Melbourne in the late 19th century albumen paper photograph bears inscription 'Burman, 209 Bourke Street East and St. George's Hall' on Front, and Burman's Photographic Rooms Stamp on Verso

Charles Kerry's Norfolk Island and Fiji Photographs

Charles Henry Kerry (1857-1928), Charles Kerry Photographs of Norfolk Island and Fiji, 52 albumen prints circa 1890 affixed in later album, subjects include The Old Jail Kingston(e), Cricket Ground, Norfolk Island, Bloody Bridge, Norfolk Island, Cutting…

'Brisbane Illustrated' by G.P. Wright

G P Wright - 'Brisbane Illustrated' Brisbane Principal Buildings and Country Homestead, also Northern Territory. Albumen paper prints laid down on boards., 15 loose photos, each 20.5 x 26.5 cm average, The photographer George Parkinson Wright was active…

1897 West Australia Photographs Album

1897 'West Australia' Photographs Album containing 35 albumen prints (each 240 x 175 mm) of photographic montages individually mounted on thick gilt-edged, linen-hinged card pages, showing images of personalities, localities & industries throughout…

Bayliss' Panoramic View of Sydney International Exhibition Building

Charles Bayliss (1850 - 1897) Six albumen paper panels from Bayliss' 11-panel panorama taken from the tower of the Sydney International Exhibition Building (Garden Palace) while it was still under construction in either 1878 or 1879 (the building burnt…

Charles Kerry's Photographs of Pacific Islands

Charles Henry Kerry (1857-1928), Charles Kerry Photographs of Tonga, Treasury Island, Fiji, Samoa, New Caledonia & Tokelau, 40 albumen prints circa 1890 affixed in later album, subjects include Nukulofa Tonga, Girl's School, Mua, Tonga, Mafinga, Tonga…

Maori Woman with Child and Moko by C. Troughton Clark

A rare Charles Troughton Clark portrait photograph, Maori women with child on her back, the women with moko to the chin and with scarf on her head, smoking a pipe, signed C Troughton Clark, Rotorua. Albumen print, 29 x 24 cm, a similar image but of…

1880 Footballer in Melbourne Studio Portrait

A bearded footballer in full playing outfit with inflated oval ball at his side, circa 1880, Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 64 mm, verso imprinted 'From Burman's Photographic Rooms, 209 Bourke St. East, near Parliament Houses and…

Trobriand Island Mission: Capturing Island Life 1905

Collection of albumen prints of the Methodist Mission at Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands, circa 1905, many with captions offering a fascinating ethnographic insight to island life and culture with images of warriors, albino child, mission school, native life,…

New Zealand Scenery Album by Edmund Wheeler & Son

Edmund Wheeler & Son, New Zealand photographers, Circa 1880's, Album titled 'New Zealand Scenery' with 10 albumen prints comprising images of Lyttelton, Sumner and Christchurch. 18 x 23 cm.

Antipodean Album: 19th Century Photography Collection

Scrapbook: containing a collection of albumen prints of Sydney, Tasmania and New Zealand, 60 imagess including 4 Maori subjects, photographers include Paine, Bayliss and Josiah Martin. Mainly 20 x 15 cm some larger, largest being 28.5 x 25 cm.

Bayliss' Albumen Prints of Australian Cities and Maritime Scenes

Charles Bayliss (1850-1897) photographer: Albumen prints of Melbourne (with several of maritime and shipping interest), Sydney, Geelong and a few foreign. 85 photographs, various sizes, smallest 11 x 16 cm to largest 22 x 27 cm.

New Zealand Albumen Prints Collection

New Zealand: Leather-bound album containing a collection of albumen prints by Frank A. Coxhead, Burton Brothers, Wheeler & Son, James Valentine and others. Includes Dunedin scenes, Christchurch, Invercargill, Queenstown,Milford Sound, Auckland, Momona Bay…

Charles Kerry's Photographs of Samoa and Tonga

Charles Henry Kerry (1857-1928), Charles Kerry Photographs of Samoa, Tonga, 52 albumen prints circa 1900 affixed in later album, subjects include Working a 4 in. Naval Gun, Malietoe Natives Drilling, Making Tappa Cloth, Lieutenant Gaunt's Squad, Street…

19th Century NZ & Pacific Historical Photograph Album

A good historical New Zealand and Pacific 19th century photograph album, includes: Fiji Islands, 26 albumen prints, 'Fijian Cannibal Feast', signed and other portraits, 'Making Kava', 'Fijians selling produce» etc., mostly 13.9 cm x 20.2 cm; 11 albumen…

Grand Tour, Indian Portraits, and English Family Life Album

19th century photo album. Mixture of Grand Tour Italian images, Indian portraits, & English family life (carriages & posed family groups.) thin paper albumen corner pasted to both sides of a leaf. Some water damage to initial pages. Albumen photographs 16…

NSW's Leather Bound Album of Sepia Photographs (1889)

Photographs. New South Wales' leather bound collection of sepia albumen images tipped into the album. (Sydney: Charles Potter, Government Printer), 1889. Album of mounted (100) albumen silver print photographs. Oblong quarto, full blue morocco blind…

Bernard Holterman: Gold Miner, Businessman, Politician, Photographer

Colonial photograph of Bernard Otto Holterman. C.1872. Gold miner, businessman, photographer and politician. In 1872 he found the largest gold speciman at Hill End 'The Holtermann Nugget'. Photograph signed in sepia ink, with studio stamp verso. 'American…

The Kelly Gang: Hart & O'Connor Photographs

The Kelly Gang: Steve Hart and Sub-Inspector O'Connor, c1870s, Pair of albumen paper photographs, captioned in ink on part pages below each image, 9.1 x 5.7 cm (approx). Hart's photograph has a hole to the centre of image, both photographs have a trimmed…

Kerry & Co. Album: Capturing Australia's Early Landscapes and Wildlife

Kerry & Co. Album of photographs of Australia, early 1890's, 24 Albumen Prints (250 x 202 mm., or the reverse),mounted on thick card, recto only, all but one with the photographer's blind stamp in the image, most with negative number and caption in the…

Hand Coloured Albumen Prints of 1880s Hong Kong

Hong Kong: a fine group of hand coloured albumen paper prints, circa 1880s, most annotated verso, approx. 20 x 27 cm, scenes include harbour views, street scenes, the cricket ground & city hall, Queens Road, etc, (12 items; individually mounted for…

Ceylon Memories: 14 Albumen Prints from 1893

Views of Ceylon Old-time album with embossed date and initials to front cover 'A.M.B. 20. 3. 93' containing fourteen fine albumen prints, each 20 x 26 cm and laid down

Prince's Wharf, Hobart Tasmania

Prince's Wharf, Hobart Tasmania, silver gelatin albumen print in carved timber frame, 19th century, 46 x 35 cm

Aboriginal Portrait by J.W. Lindt

John William Lindt (1845-1926), Aboriginal portrait, albumen print, embossed lower right: J W Lindt Grafton artist photographer, 18.5 x 14 cm

Alfred Winter's Tasmanian Albumen Prints Collection

Tasmanian Photographer - Alfred Winter [c1837-1911], A collection of albumen prints, with subjects including 'Hobart Town Harbour & Mt. Wellington', 'Elizabeth Street', 'Post Office', 'The Wharf', 'Hobart Town from the Huon Road', 'Shot Tower, Brown's…

"Tasmanian Scenes" Album by Samuel Clifford, Circa 1875

Tasmanian photographs by Samuel Clifford, an old-time album, circa 1875, titled 'Tasmanian Scences' on the front cover and with 'S. Clifford, Photographer, Hobart Town' in manuscript on the blank front endpaper. The album contains 24 albumen paper prints,…

Melbourne Railway Scenes Album by Charles Rudd

Charles Rudd (1849-1901) photographer: concertina album with tipped-in albumen prints of Melbourne railway scenes including the Flinders Street Vaults, the Flinders Street Viaduct, the New Bridge over Balaclava Road, Platforms and Bridges at Hawthorn, etc…

Aboriginal Warrior with Spear and Boomerangs

John William Lindt (1845-1926), Aboriginal with spear and boomerangs, albumen print, embossed lower right: J W Lindt Grafton artist photographer, 18 x 13.5 cm

Sydney Harbour Panorama from North Sydney (1880)

Photographic panorama of Sydney Harbour from North Sydney, circa 1880, Robinson, Francis Whitfoeld (attrib.), Five albumen print photographs laid down on contemporary board with surrounding border, the panorama 250 x 1550 mm (individual panels being 250 x…

Aboriginal Warrior with Shield

John William Lindt (1845-1926), Aboriginal man with shield, albumen print, embossed lower right: J W Lindt Grafton artist photographer, 18.5 x 13.5 cm

Seated Aboriginal with Spear by J.W. Lindt

John William Lindt (1845-1926), seated Aboriginal with spear, albumen print, embossed lower right: J W Lindt Grafton artist photographer, 18.5 x 13.5 cm

Aboriginals and Hut

John William Lindt (1845-1926). Two Aboriginals and hut, albumen print, embossed lower right: J W Lindt Grafton artist photographer, 18.5 x 13.5 cm

Aboriginal Boy with Axe by J.W. Lindt

John William Lindt (1845-1926), Aboriginal boy with axe, albumen print, embossed lower right: J W Lindt Grafton artist photographer, 18.5 x 13.5 cm

Melbourne & Victoria Albumen Photographs

Melbourne & Victoria: A collection of albumen photographs laid down on card or paper pages, images of various sizes including 'Elizabeth Street 1880', Bourke Street, Collins Street, Flinders Street, Church of England Grammar School, St Kilda 1880', The…

Gold Digger's Log Hut Stereoview

Jones, John H. (1817-1872), Gold Digger's log hut (titled verso), circa 1861, Stereoscopic albumen print photograph (72 x 72 mm each image) on original pale yellow card mount. This very early Victorian goldfields photograph by John H. Jones was part of a…

Collection of 1870s-90s Tasmania Albumen Photographs

Tasmania: A collection of 1870s-90s albumen photographs laid down on pages or card, various sizes. Subjects mostly annotated in a contemprary hand and include 'Abandoned Penal Establishment, Salt Water River', Hobart Town Harbour 6th April 1880,…

Ornate leather case with gilt-embossed titles: 'Views of Beechworth Scenery, presented to lady Loch by Mrs. John Fletcher, Wife of the President of the shire of Beechworth. December 30th 1885.' comprising of 17 albumen photographs mounted on thick c

Rev. Plume's Sydney Travels in 1880s-1890s

Rev. Henry Plume (1851-1930), albumen photographic prints of the Reverend's travels in the Sydney district in the 1880s and 1890s, with views of his country home at Kurrajong, NSW. 124 photographs in a some what dilapidated album.

30 Albumen Prints of Sydney and Naval Fight, 1881

Photograph album, by John Paine (et al.) full leather, containing 30 large format albumen print photographs. Images include Government house, Sydney; Public works office, Sydney; four views of the sham naval fight on Sydney Harbour, staged by the detached…

1901 Duke of Cornwall and York Melbourne Archways Photo Album

Circa 1901 Duke of Cornwall and York photo album with 12 albumen prints showing Melbourne Swanston Street commemorative archways, image size 15 x 20 cm

Bayliss' Australian Photographs

Charles Bayliss - Photographer [1850-1897], A small group of albumen prints including 'Aborigines of New South Wales', 'Native Australians', 'Govett's Leap' and one other. (4 images).

Tiger Hunt Albumen Photographs in Original Frames

A pair of tiger hunting scene albumen photographs, late 19th century, original frames and mounting, sheet size 27 x 35 cm

Tasmania and New Zealand: 19th Century Photo Album

Tasmania and New Zealand photo album with 66 albumen photo prints, sheet size predominantly 17 x 24 cm, photographic views by John Watt Beatie, Stephen Spurling as well as a selection of New Zealand views by John Richard Morris, 19th century, album 40.5…

Unknown photographer, Granny's shop, St Kilda Esplanade, circa 1870, albumen print, 11 x 15 cm, 44 x 54.5 cm overall

Carved House and Hotel in Wairoa, 1910-1885

Josiah Martin, carved house Wairoa (Wharepuni), C. 1910, albumen silver print, unframed, signed and entitled lower right. 15 x 20 cm, on the verso: George Dobson Valentine, Rotomahana Hotel Wairoa, 1885, albumen silver print, unframed, entitled lower left…

Sydney Streets and Buildings Albumen Prints Collection

Sydney Street Scenes and Buildings, A collection of albumen prints laid down on pages, including 'George Street, Looking South', 'Macquarie Street', 'International Exhibition, Sydney 1879', 'Sydney Town Hall', 'New Government Buildings, Sydney', 'Garden…

Victorian Albumen Prints of Beechworth and Richmond

James E. Bray, photographer, Beechworth, Victoria, a group of eight (8) original carte-de-visite size albumen prints laid-down on Bray cards, each titled in manuscript, including 'Ford St', 'Lunatic Asylum', 'View of Beechworth from Kerferd St', etc.;…

Maori Woman, 19th Century

Portrait of a Maori Women, 19th century. Albumen print. Captioned 'James Bragge Wellington'. Length 10.4 cm. Width 6.4 cm

Maori Chief, 19th Century Portrait

Portrait of a Maori Chief, 19th century. Albumen print. Captioned 'C Lawrence photo'. Length 10.4 cm. Width 6.4 cm

Chang Woo Gow, the Chinese Giant, in Australia 1870

(Chang Woo Gow 1841 - 1893), Chang the Chinese Giant, Ballarat, 1870, Albumen print photograph of carte-de-visite 106 x 62 mm, verso imprinted for Bardwell's Royal Studio, Opposite the Theatre Ballarat. Chang Woo Gow (born in Canton, China) visited…

Albumen Photographs of New South Wales

New South Wales by Kerry, Kerry & Jones, Bayliss, Caney & Others, A collection of albumen photographs laid down on card or pages, various sizes. Images are mainly scenes in the Blue Mountains, waterfalls, caves, the Zig Zag Railway, etc, one…

Te Retimana Te Rurapoutu, Rangitane Chief, c.1880s

'Te Retimana Te Rurapoutu' (Rangitane, ngati Kahungunu), Pulman Studios (Elizabeth Pulman) large vintage albumen photograph, c.1880s, inscribed in the plate '63 Pulman photo, Copyright, Te Retimana Te Rurapoutu', a studio portrait showing the chief with…

Mount Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania (1880)

Photographer Unknown, Mount Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania, circa 1880, albumen paper photograph, titled lower left and right on margin: Mount Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania, 17 x 21.5 cm

St. Kilda Esplanade, 1890

Photographer Unknown, The Esplanade, St Kilda, circa 1890, albumen paper photograph, titled lower centre: The Esplanade St. Kilda, 13.5 x 20.5 cm

Glacier View: Franz Josef, New Zealand

R. P. Moore, looking down Franz Josef Glacier New Zealand, silver albumen print, mounted and framed in ebonized oak frame. Some surface losses. 21 x 94 cm

King Johnny in European Attire

King Johnny Aboriginal in European clothing, wearing a king-plate, circa 1880 carte-de-visite albumen paper print on unknown photographer's card, 10.5 x 6.5 cm.

Mount Morgan Goldmine and Rockhampton Flood Photographs

(Queensland) Lundager, J. Hansen (attrib.), Mount Morgan Goldmine', circa 1889 hand-titled silver albumen print photograph 19.5 x 24 cm laid down on larger album page, verso with a similar photograph of identical format, also hand-titled 'Rockhampton in…

Unidentified Cartes de Visite from 19th Century New Zealand

Five Mid/Late-19th century New Zealand Cartes de Visite, all albumen silver prints, unknown, untitled. Young woman wearing feather cloak. C.1860-90. 8 x 5.5 cm., attributed to Burton Brothers, portrait of Ratene Hihitawa, ngati Pakenga of Tauranga. C.1870…

Malayan Women by Gustave Lambert (1880s)

Gustave Richard Lambert, Malaya women: albumen paper prints, circa 1880s, photographer's blind stamp on images at lower right, all titled in the plate, approx. 26 x 21.5 cm. (4).

1862 Australian Cityscape and Garden Party Albumen Prints

Albumen paper prints of Hobarttown 1862 (3) plus one of Sydney 1862 (A garden party at the family mansion, Woollahra House, built by Sir Daniel Cooper. Aboriginal servants in the background.)., 15.5 x 25 cm average

Guide Susan with Hei-tiki

Portrait of Guide Susan wearing a hei-tiki, circa 1900 albumen print signed with initials JM, imprinted title and number 175 20 cm x 14 cm

Maori Portrait with Kahu Kiwi Feather Cloak

Charles Troughton Clark Maori portrait photo, Tai Numea wearing a kahu kiwi (kiwi feather cloak), albumen print. Signed on the face and titled verso, 16 cm x 11 cm

Construction of Hobart Museum, 1861

(Unknown photographer) The Museum, Hobart, in course of construction (mss inscription verso) circa 1861 stereoscopic albumen print photograph (each image approx. 68 x 75 mm) mounted on buff card.

Melbourne Intersection, circa 1880

Photographer Unknown, Corner of Flinders Street and Swanston Street, Melbourne, circa 1880, albumen paper photograph, 13.5 x 20.5 cm

Early NSW in Photographs

Photograph album. 'Photographs Illustrating the Earliest Times New South Wales,' by Charles Potter. Government Printer. C.1893. Containing 59 original albumen print photographs of early watercolours & engravings, commencing in 1770.

Mediterranean Landscapes: 19th Century Photo Album

19th century photo album. 44 Pages with thin paper albumen photo pasted to one side. Mostly 20 x 27 cm. Views of the Mediterranean cities & landscapes, with some artefacts. C.1880.

Maori Chief with Huia Feathers and Korowai

Samuel Carnell (Napier), portrait of a Maori chief with huia feathers in his hair and wearing a korowai, carte de visite albumen print mounted on a photographer's card, 10 x 6.2 cm

Hobart from Battery Point, 1880

Photographer Unknown, Hobart from Battery Point, circa 1880, albumen paper photograph, titled lower right on margin: Hobart - from Battery Point, 14 x 20 cm

Eastern Tin Paper Albumen Photographs from 19th Century

Group 19th century Eastern photographs. Tin paper albumen photographs, mostly published, some by Bonfils, 9 Sebah & Joaillier. Views & persons from Oman, Afghanistan, India & Ceylon. Some small candid photos on two pages. 20 x 27 cm. (average)

Colonial Hunting Party with Children

Colonial Australian photograph. Hunting party including children. Thin paper albumen print. 13 x 19 cm

Point McLeay Native Glee Club, Adelaide 1895

Albumen print, (10 x 15 cm; lacking lower right corner) affixed to card, with handwritten document affixed verso: 'The Point McLeay (Native) Glee Club, which sang in the Adelaide Town Hall at a meeting of the S.A. Natives Association, presided over by His…

Victorian Gold Rush Nugget Photograph by John Deslandes

Deslandes, John [Victorian Gold Rush] Carte de visite format albumen print photograph of a gold nugget, with hand colouring in gold; recto with the imprint of J.Deslandes, Photographic Artist, Inglewood.' The card with contemporary inscription in ink:…

Alfredo Noack's Albumen Prints Collection

Alfredo Noack (1833 - 1895) Genoa, Liguria, c1880, a collection of ten albumen prints, each laid down on card, the images approx. 20 x 28 cm. Noack's images are held by the Getty Museum and other important institutions.

Aboriginal Portrait by Anson Brothers of Hobart

Anson Brothers (Hobart), portrait of an Aboriginal man and two women, carte de visite albumen print mounted on a photographer's card, inscribed on the verso 'Natives of Tasmania', 10 x 6.2 cm

Antique Victorian Hotel and Post Office Photographs

J. Leake's Glenelg Family & Commercial Hotel two albumen photographs, Casteron, Victoria, together with an antique albumen photograph of the Dunkeld Post Office, Western Victoria, 19th/20th century, (3 items), the larger sheet size 15 x 20 cm

Maori Man with Moko, Late 19th Century Portrait

Unknown Photographer, portrait of a notable Maori man with moko, late 19th century, albumen silver print, unframed. 13.5 x 10 cm

Zig Zag Railway and Lithgow: Albumen Prints

PHOTOS (2), zig zag Railway and Lithgow, albumen print (2), 25 x 33 cm and 14 x 20 cm

Portrait of Hami Te Hauerangi by Samuel Carnell

Samuel Carnell (Napier), portrait of Hami Te Hauerangi, carte de visite albumen print mounted on a photographer's card. 10.2 x 6.2 cm

Gold Prospectors Farewell with Camels and Families

(Kalgoorlie) Henderson, E.W. photographer, Kalgoorlie, circa 1897 albumen paper print laid down on printed card, depicting a group of gold prospectors being farwelled by their families. The 8 miners stand in front of 4 heavily laden camels under the…

Tasmanian Albumen Prints (1880s-90s)

Tasmania: A group of 1880s-90s albumen prints, all attractively mounted. Scenes comprise 'Hop Picking, Derwent Valley', 'The Road to Dundas, West Coast', 'Road to Port Arthur' (2 diff.), 'Tramway at Geeveston'. (5 items).

Sydney's Tram: Woollahra Line in 1890

Henry King (1855-1923), Sydney St. Tram Car 'Woollahra' [186] albumen paper print., Steam Motor No. 34, built by Baldwin's of Philadelphia in 1882, with its double decker trailer on the Woollahra line, Sydney, ca. 1890, 15 x 25 cm

Granny's Shop on St. Kilda's Esplanade, 1860s

Photographer Unknown, Granny's Shop on the Esplanade, St. Kilda, late 1860s, albumen print photograph, 10.5 x 15 cm. accompanied by 'Granny : a history mystery' by Meyer Eidelson (St. Kilda Historical Society, 2004) 30pp. A very early image of St. Kilda's…