AUSTRALIA - NEW SOUTH WALES BRODIE (ALEXANDER) and others. A group of 17 views in New South Wales, including a 2-part panorama of the Zig-Zag Railway, albumen prints, mounted one per page (recto only) on stiff card, mostly identified in pencil on the mount, one in the negative, images 230 x 290mm. (or slightly smaller), sheets loose in original morocco gilt album, 4to (305 x 240mm.), [1870s] Footnotes: Good views in Sydney and environs, including: 'Panorama of Sydney from St. Leonards. No. 1' by A. Brodie; Zig-Zag railway (2 parts, numbered '47 and '48' in the negative'; Watson Bay; North Beach; Darling Point; Rushcutter's Bay; Double Bay; Potts Point; Garden Island; Government House; Woolloomooloo; Blue Mountain Ravine; Willougby Falls; Weatherboard Gulley; Govetts Leap; Photographer's Camp, ?Wintervale, Newton Royal Road. Provenance: Dr. Lentzner, inscribed 'a souvenir from A. Fletcher (S.S. 'Kent', Capt. Gibbs), March 1879' inside upper cover. Presumably both men travelled on the S.S. Kent which in 1876, under Captain Gibbs, had made its maiden voyage from London to Melbourne. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Estimate £700-£900
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Jul 06, 2026 7:00 AM EDTLondon, UNITED KINGDOM, United Kingdom





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