Albumen prints

Albumen photoprints

Predominant paper print photographic process in the 1800s; popular 1850s-1890s.

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Hemus & Hanna (Auckland) fl 1879-1882 :Portrait of M A Villeval

Date: 1879 - 1883

By: Hemus & Hanna (Firm)

Reference: PA2-0867

Description: Inscriptions: Verso - In red ink: M A Villeval Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Chinese gold miners by the side of the Tokomairiro River, Otago - Photograph taken by H...

Date: [ca 1870s-1880s]

From: Scott, Mrs :Original and mounted photographic prints

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-46-46

Description: View of Chinese miners working in area on the banks of the Tokomairiro River. In the immediate foreground is a railway line. Photograph taken by Herbert Deveril in 1870s-1880s Photograph No 72 in Deveril Collection. Title: "Chinamen gold mining by the side of the South Tokomairiro River, Otago, NZ." Another copy of the print at PA7-46-19 Inscriptions: Verso - bottom centre - 72 (crossed). 12 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 25.5 x 35.5 cm

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Views in Tonga, South East Asia and South Africa

Date: 1880s

From: Three albums of New Zealand views

Reference: PAColl-6540-1

Description: Collection comprises: Chinese soup seller in Singapore, 26 June 1884 Singapore jinricksha, 26 June 1884 Malay man in Capetown European group and chinese servant in front of large house, South East Asia King George II of Tonga Village in Tonga Physical Description: Albumen prints

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Veterans at Government House, Auckland

Date: [1898 or 1899]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-55-2

Description: Veterans at dinner in the ball room at Government House, Auckland, photographed 1898-1899 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.2 x 19.9 cm, mounted on album page 41.6 x 28.6 cm (page size).

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Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928 : Group photograph of cricketers and their friends outs...

Date: [ca 1890-1910]

By: Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928

Reference: PA7-50-06

Description: Photograph of cricketers and their friends sitting in front of the pavilion in the Tauranga Domain. Tauranga Cricket Club played Opotiki Cricket Club, the match being won by Opotiki. Photograph taken by Thomas Edward Price in 1890-1910? Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 173 x 277 mm

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[Photographer unknown] :Launceston with twin bridge over South Esk. [1883]

Date: 1883

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-133-2

Description: A view of Launceston, showing the South Esk River Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Launceton - with Twin Bridge over South Esk Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 110 x 185 mm

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View of Nelson from the south

Date: [1880s]

From: Hawkins, C T, fl 1976 :Photographs, mainly New Zealand scenes by the Burton Brothers

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-37-25

Description: Elevated view of Nelson looking north towards the harbour. The cathedral is in the middle distance on the right. Photograph taken by Burton Brothers, ca 1880s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3980 - Nelson - From S. Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15 x 20.2 cm on mount 22.8 x 29 cm

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Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911 :General view of Ohinemutu

Date: [before 1885]

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-45-44

Description: View of the Maori village of Ohinemutu looking towards Lake Rotorua. There are a large number of people near the foreshore looking towards the photographer. St Faith's Church has not yet been erected. Photograph taken by Herbert Deveril in 1870s or early 1880s St Faith's church building was consecrated on 15 Mar 1885 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 26.2 x 35.5 cm

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Niagara Falls

Date: 1860s

From: Wilkie Loan Collection :Albumen photographs from the collection of Sir William Fox

Reference: PAColl-D-0191

Description: Close-up photograph of the falls. In the foreground (to the right) are buildings including a dining saloon. One of a series of photographs of the falls taken by an unidentified photographer, ca 1860s Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 343 x 435 mm on card

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Forum, Rome

Date: 1860s

From: Wilkie Loan Collection :Albumen photographs from the collection of Sir William Fox

Reference: PAColl-D-0304

Description: Inscriptions: Mount recto - bottom right - Forum Rome Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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[Photographer unknown] :Melbourne from St Kilda Road. [1883]

Date: 1883

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-112-1

Description: A view of the city in the middle distance Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Melbourne from St Kilda Road Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 134 x 195 mm

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Stewart, H, fl 1885 :Photograph of Te Kuiti

Date: 1885

By: Stewart, H, active 1885

Reference: PAColl-8715

Description: Photograph of Te Kuiti, taken 1885 by H Stewart. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Mount verso - centre - Taken by H. Stewart Te Kuiti 1885 T. A. Houghton Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 13.3 x 20.5 cm, mounted on cardboard Provenance: Donated by Mr W McRae, Wellington, 1977

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Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911 :Lawrence

Date: [Between 1873 and 1880]

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-45-05

Description: Photograph of Lawrence taken probably in the 1870s by Herbert Deveril of Wellington. The Tuapeka River runs across the foreground. Another print of this image is at PA7-45-06. It is unclear from which print the copy negative was taken. Inscriptions: Mount verso - top left - Lawrence Tuapeka Otago Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 261 x 357 mm on mount of same size

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[Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :Nerli. [Pilot vessel and boatshed, Otago Harbour,...

Date: 1894

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1893, 1894]

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: E-495-q-012

Description: Two photographs, the upper one showing artist G. P. Nerli, seated on rocks by Otago harbour, possibly sketching. The lower view ispoorly lit, but appears to show a man in the prow of the pilot boat, with the boatshed behind it, similar to the two views on page 10 (E-495-q-010) of this sketchbook. Quantity: 2 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen prints glued to album page, page size 150 x 220 mm.

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Creator unknown :Photograph of Wellington Naval Brigade, Stout Street, Wellington

Date: [188-?]

Reference: PAColl-9688

Description: Group portrait of Wellington Naval Brigade, Stout Street, Wellington, taken ca 1880s by an unidentified photographer. Shows a large group of men in uniform, with the band posing in front. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Well exhb. naval brigade Stout St Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

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Hart, Campbell & Co :Mount Earnslaw. Head of Lake Wakatipu. [1882]

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

By: Hart, Campbell & Company

Reference: E-328-f-023-2

Description: Shows snow-covered Mount Earnslaw, at the head of Lake Wakatipu Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Mount Earnslaw. Head of Lake Wakatipu; Recto - bottom left - Hart, Campbell & Co photos Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 150 x 200 mm

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Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911 :Port Chalmers

Date: [ca 1876]

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-46-06

Description: Elevated view looking down over the township of Port Chalmers and across the Otago Harbour to Quarantine Island, Goat Island (with single men's quarantine barracks visible) and beyond to the Otago Peninsula (Mt Charles on left and Harbour Cone on right). In the immediate foreground (on left) is the old cemetery. In the foreground there is a railway wagon and large stockpile of rocks waiting to be shifted. In foreground to the right is the cutting for the main Trunk Railway. Retail shops and commercial premises in George Street can be seen, including those of James Menelaus, James Bosworth Taylor (painter & paperhanger) & Simmonds & Sons. On the hill to the left in Grey Street is the Port Chalmers Grammar School and Holy Trinity Church (only partially visible). Photograph was taken by Herbert Deveril and dated ca 1876. The new Port Chalmers Grammar School in the foreground (centre right partially obscured by trees) was built 1874-1875 and occupied from December 1875. The building in George Street on extreme left was not completed until March 1875. Alongside this building is a large excavation for buildings eg Marine Hotel completed in 1881. Accompanying material - Sketch with roads and the main buildings and features identified by Ian Church of Port Chalmers Museum, 2008 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 24.2 x 36 cm

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Photographer unknown :Shanghai Mary Sept 1863. The 'celestial Polly' Invercargill N. Z....

Date: 1863 - 1865

From: Speer, William Henry d 1867 :[Speer album] 1860-1867

Reference: E-395-006

Description: Top of page: a lock of hair held with pink chiffon ribbon, belonging to the 'celestial Polly' of Invercargill; centre of page: a photographic portrait, its top trimmed to an oval shape of a Chinese woman, 'Shanghai Mary'. Bottom of page: a lock of hair, again tied with pink chiffon belonging to 'Mrs 'Sydney Bill' the convict bride'. Between Mrs Sydney Bill's hair and the photograph is pasted a newsclipping "band of hope" Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title Quantity: 1 photograph(s). 2 curio(s). Physical Description: Albumen print glued to album page, 29 x 27 mm; two locks of brown hair

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Tuttle & Co :Lake Tikitapu after the eruption of Mount Tarawera, 10 June 1886

Date: [after 10 June 1886]

By: (W N) Tuttle & Company

Reference: PA7-52-10

Description: View of volcanic ash covering the land showing the effect of the volcanic eruption on trees near the shores of Lake Tikitapu. In the foreground to the right is a man wearing a long white scarf and a hat. Two small wooden buildings are near the newly-formed lake's edge. Two figures can be seen beside the building on the left in the middle distance. Photograph taken by shortly after the eruption of Mount Tarawera on 10 Jun 1886. Compare with image at PA7-37-27 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Tuttle & Co for Simpson & Co; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Tikitapu Lake & Mt Tarawera eruption Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15.5 x 21 cm on mount 24.4 x 27.5 cm

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Hunter, Norman Mitchell, b 1859 :Princess Street. Dunedin. [1880s]

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

By: Hunter, Norman Mitchell, 1859-

Reference: E-328-f-011-3

Description: A view of Princes Street, Dunedin showing Colonial Bank, government buildings and Cargill Monument Other Titles - Princes Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Princess Street showing Colonial Bank and government buildings; Recto - bottom left - Cargill Monument Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 55 x 85 mm