1124
NICHOLAS JOHN CAIRE (1837-1918), Anglo-Australasian 
Photographic Company gilt embossed titles to the green folio 
cover “Public Buildings of Melbourne & Suburbs” c.1870s-
80s, with forty albumen paper prints (numbered 1 - 40) 
mounted on cards with full printed description verso; each 
image approx.13.5 x 19cm.
A vision of a prosperous city illustrating the magnificent 
buildings erected in the years since the discovery of gold.
$1,200–2,000 ❖
1125
[TASMANIAN INTEREST] A circa 1878 carte-de-visite 
featuring Elizabeth Rachel (Day) Nevin (1847-1914), wife of 
Thomas Nevin, produced by W. Burrows & Co. (Launceston).
$200–300 ❖
1126
ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM OF AUSTRALIA, 
“Lawrence Frost’s Compendium Of His Views Of Australia, 
The City Views”, circa 1879. An attractive half-morroco 
album in brown cloth boards with embossed gilt lettering and 
pictorial fern decoration, housing 25 albumen photographs, 
each accompanied by a page of descriptive text,
photographs approximately 14.5 x 19cm.
$1,200–2,000 ❖
1127
SYDNEY & NEW SOUTH WALES
A large album containing a collection of large format albumen 
paper prints, circa 1870s - early 1880s, including several 
images of the visit of the British Detached Squadron in July 
1881, with images of the ships and the welcoming activities 
on Sydney Harbour. Also noted are several images by Charles 
Percy Pickering including the Sydney G.P.O. circa 1870, the 
Public Works Office, circa 1872, Sydney Museum, Argyll Cut, 
etc. Most images are accompanied by annotation slips and 
some are titled in the plate. (49 images).
$1,000–1,500 ❖
1128
Circa 1880s carte-de-visite size albumen paper print laid 
down on backing card and titled verso in manuscript “Malvern 
House, the Residence of Mr & Mrs Farley”, with the ink 
handstamp of “G.V. ST. CLARE, Photographer, INVERELL”. 
Overall 63 x 102mm.
Two similar images by this photographer are held in the 
University of Newcastle collection. He had moved to Liverpool 
by the late 1880s.
$60–100 ❖
1129
“BALLAARAT” large format albumen photograph showing an 
animated view of Sturt Street, circa 1880. Original mount with 
hand-written caption “Ballaarat”. Possibly by William Bardwell.
Sheet size 22 x 28.5cm.
$100–200 ❖
1130
[AUSTRALIAN ALPS & NORTH-EAST VICTORIA] Group of 
fifteen albumen photographs with hand-written captions in 
pencil to mounts. Removed from a distressed leather album, 
retaining the wet stamp of Colonial artist and photographer 
LOUIS BUVELOT, late 1880s. Possibly records a single 
expedition and includes views of Beechworth, Mt. Bogong, 
Buckland Valley, Corryong, Tallangatta, Mt Kosciuszko, Rams 
Head, Leatherbarrel Creek, Geehi Falls & Indi Rapids.
$1,500–2,000
Ex 1130
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