Boake Barcroft Capel (5 results)

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 64 mm (mount); verso with imprint of 'B. C. Boake. From Freeman Bros. Photographer. 330 George St. Sydney. (over Mr. Jones, Jeweller &c.)'; a strong print with excellent clarity; the print and mount are both in very good condition. A lovely full-length portrait by Irish-born photographer Barcroft Capel Boake. Boake had established himself as a photographer in Melbourne between 1858 and 1862 before relocating to Sydney, where he worked for Freeman Bros. for several years. He then branched out on his own once again: his studio at 330 George Street was active during the decade 1867-77.…

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format; verso with imprint of 'B. C. Boake. / From Freeman Bros. / Photographer. / 330 George St., Sydney / (over Mr. Jones, Jeweller &c.); the print and mount are both in good condition.

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format; verso with imprint of 'B. C. Boake. / From Freeman Bros. / Photographer. / 330 George St., Sydney / (over Mr. Jones, Jeweller &c.); the print has lovely dark tones and is in good condition; the mount has some light handling marks and mild foxing.

Albumen print photograph with hand colouring, carte de visite format, 106 x 63 mm, image 77 x 55 mm (oval format), blind stamped lower left Boake Sydney; the verso with imprint of B.C. Boake. Photographer. 330 George St. Sydney. (over Mr. Jones, Jeweller &c.); both the the albumen print and mount are in fine condition. The Sydney studio of B.C. Boake is known to have taken carte de visite portrait photographs of members of the Challenger expedition during its visit in 1874, and numerous other naval portraits from this studio are held in Australian collections. Boake may have had a maritime connection, as he seems to have been able to attract distinguished naval clientele to his establishment. Between 1867 and 1877 Boake's studio was located at 330 George Street, just south of Hunter Street - a relatively short distance from Farm Cove. The subject of this prestigious portrait is wearing the gold epaulettes of a naval commodore, and is possibly one on the commanders of the Royal Navy's Australia Station between 1866 and 1877, perhaps either Rowley Lambert (May 1867 - April 1870) or Frederick Stirling (April 1870 - May 1873).…

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 64 mm (mount); verso with the back mark of 'B. C. Boake, from Freeman Bros., Photographer, 330 George St., Sydney (over Mr. Jones, Jeweller &c.)', and inscribed and signed in ink by the sitter: 'In remembrance of your visit on board HMS Endymion. Jno. Hall'; both the print and mount are in fine condition. The frigate HMS Endymionwas part of Admiral Phipps? Hornby?s Flying Squadron which circumnavigated the globe in 1869-70. The Squadron made its official entry into Sydney Harbour on 12 December 1869. During the Endymion's sojourn in Sydney, the ship's Fourth Engineer, John Hall had his portrait taken at B. C. Boake's studio - as did, most likely, many of the ship's other officers and crew. He presented this particular carte de visite to a member (or acquaintance of) the wealthy and well-connected Balcombe family of "The Briars", Mornington, Victoria, who had been invited on a tour of inspection of the ship. Provenance: Photograph album kept by Jane Emma Murphy (Balcombe) (1854-1924), of"The Briars", Mornington (and later, St. Kilda, Melbourne), Victoria, Australia; thence by descent through the àBeckett family, Melbourne.…