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EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY
1 Anon. The King Collection, 1855-60. (1) (Portrait of Mrs John King). Daguerreotype, gilding, colour dyes, oval mount 9.3 x 7cm; leather case. Minor foxing, wear to case, damage to spine. (2) (Portrait of Mrs John King and Philip). Albumen paper print, carte-de-visite, ‘T. Hart F.S.A., 10 Flora Place, Plymouth’ printed on card below, photographer’s printed emblem verso, and inscribed verso in pencil Beneath this was written in my uncle’s book ‘Mrs John King & Philip’. I think it must have been copied in Plymouth. (3) Cameo brooch, depicting four horses being led by an angel on a cloud, as worn by Mrs King in both the daguerreotype and the carte-de-visite; 5.5cm diameter. The Collection $2,900 Mary Ann, daughter of Dr. Peck of Newmarket, England, married John King on 20th January 1853 at Rosedale, Gipps Land. Her son, Philip Gidley, of Boisdale, Gipps Land, was born on 9th December 1853, and her two daughters later. She died c.1860. John King was the son of Admiral Philip Parker King and grandson of Philip Gidley King, the third governor of New South Wales 1800-1806. Provenance: Christie’s 23rd September 1985; King family.
2 William Blackwood (1824-1897). Sydney University Hall, c.1859. Albumen paper, printed title below, 21.2 x 28.5cm. Laid down on original presentation board $1,500 Printed title on presentation mount reads Sydney University Hall, in commemoration of the Grand Festival at the opening of the Sydney University, the 18th of July, 1859. Photographed by W. Blackwood, 16, Bridge-street..
3 William Blackwood. Commercial & New South Wales Banks, George St, Sydney, c.1858. Albumen paper, inscribed and titled below in ink, 21.1 x 28.8cm. Laid down on original presentation board, with arched top corners. $1,500
4 William Blackwood. St Phillip’s Church, Sydney, c.1858. Albumen paper, titled below in ink, 28.7 x 22.3cm. Laid down on original presentation board, with arched top corners. $950
5 William Blackwood. Government House, Sydney, c.1858. Albumen paper, titled below in ink, 21.6 x 29.4cm. Laid down on original presentation board; the flying flag enhanced in ink. $950
6 Richard Daintree (1832-1878). Stantons Granite Rocks, Anakie Hills, Victoria, late 1850s. Albumen paper, 16.5 x 22.5cm. $890 Showing one single figure on a rock, looking across to the hills.
7 Richard Daintree. Deserted Diggings, Spring Creek, Near Daylesford, late 1850s. Albumen paper, 16.8 x 23.1cm. $1,250 Deserted areas such as this were common as areas of alluvial gold mining were abandoned. Reproduced: Sun Pictures of Victoria, pl. 31.
8 Thomas Glaister (active 1854-1870). (Portrait of a Man), c.1860s. Ambrotype, colour dyes, embossed blind stamp below on mount, oval mount 8.9 x 7cm. Spot on image, minor damage to mount. $750
9 Thomas Glaister. (Portrait of a Man), c.1860s. Ambrotype, colour dyes, embossed blind stamp below on mount, ornate mount 9.4 x 7cm. Backing paint loss, minor damage to mount, wear on case, spine detached. $750
10 William Hetzer (active 1850-1867). Manly Corso, Harbour End, c.1855. Albumen paper stereoscopic card, 18.7 x 14.1cm. $490 Stereoscopic view, looking towards the Harbour beach, showing the coffee room, one of the first buildings on the Corso. Printed label verso, New South Wales, Views in Sydney & Neighbourhood. J.R. Clarke, Publishers.
11 Robert MacPherson (England, 1811-1872). (Trevi Fountain, Rome), c.1850s. Albumen paper, stamped below on backing sheet ‘MacPherson Rome 4’, 41.4 x 31.6cm. $850 Well known for his architectural studies of Rome during 1850s-60s.
12 Robert MacPherson. (Constantine’s Arch, Rome), c.1850s. Albumen paper, stamped below on backing sheet ‘MacPherson Rome 2’, 31.3 x 40.1cm. $850
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