Nettleton Charles Attributed (2 results)

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 90 x 58 mm; laid down on a section cut from a nineteenth-century album page, the mount inscribed 'Sandridge Railway Pier'; in good condition. An early photographic view of the Sandridge Railway Pier (now known as Station Pier) at Port Melbourne, which was opened in 1854. Although the photographer is unidentified, we believe the image was probably taken by the prolific Charles Nettleton, as the pier was one of his favourite subjects and he photographed it on many occasions in the 1860s and '70s. The photograph was purchased as a souvenir by a visitor to Melbourne in November, 1866 - a view of the Burke and Wills Monument on the same album page was captioned with this date.

Albumen print photograph, 200 x 270 mm, no photographer's imprint; laid down on its original album page, contemporary manuscript caption in ink beneath image 'Victoria Engineer Volunteers [sic] in Camp near Melbourne 1871'; verso blank; the albumen print is in fine condition, and the page is free from foxing. This large format composition shows the entire complement one of the numerous Victorian volunteer units of the time. It was possibly taken by the prolific Melbourne photographer Charles Nettleton, who is known to have photographed the annual volunteer encampment at Sunbury in 1866.