28 July 1864: Stephen M. Stout, Henry Street, Fremantle (WA)
Carte de visite portraits: Three, 7s. 6d.; six, 12s. 6d.; ten, 20s.
15 May 1869: Montagu Scott, 392 George Street, Sydney (NSW)
Cartes-de-Visite, 12s per dozen, formerly 20s
Cabinet Cards, 25s per dozen, formerly 30s
12 January 1871: S. M. Stout & Co., St. George’s Terrace, Perth (WA)
Carte de Visite Portraits. — Single copy 2s. 6d. 4 copies 5s. 6 copies 7s. 6d.
Cabinet Portraits. — The new popular form of Photographic portraiture 4 times larger than the Carte de Visite. — Single copy 5s. 4 copies 10s. 12 copies 20s.
3 February 1871: R. S. Stacy (travelling photographer), from North Adelaide (SA)
Cartes de Visite, 15s per dozen, 8s 6d half dozen.
9 August 1875: Bent’s Portrait Rooms, Pall Mall, Bendigo (Vic.)
To keep with the times, until further notice, Card Portraits will be taken at the following reduced rates, viz.:— Three cards, 3s 6d, formerly 5s; 6 cards 5s, formerly 10s; 12 cards, 7s 6d, formerly 15s.
29 November 1879: F. Cornell’s Photographic Studio, Foster Street, Sale (Vic.)
Cartes de Visite:— First copy, 2s 6d, subsequent copies 1s each, or 8s 6d per dozen.
Cabinet Portraits, 1st copy 7s, 6d; additional copies 2s each.
12 August 1880: J. Deazeley, Queen-Street, Brisbane (Qld.)
Gems, 36 .. .. .. 2s. 6d
Double, 18 .. .. .. 2s. 6d.
Treble, 9 .. .. .. 2s. 6d.
Carte de Visite, 4 .. .. 2s. 6d.
Bon Ton, each .. .. 1s. 6d.
Cabinet, each .. .. 2s. 6d.
14 January 1881: R. Yeoman, 139 Clarendon Street, Emerald Hill [South Melbourne], (Vic.)
Cartes de visite.
12 Copies … 7s. 6d
6 ,, … 5s. 6d
3 ,, … 4s. 0d
For Cabinets.
12 Copies … 20s.
6 ,, … 15s.
3 „ … 10s.
4 April 1884: A. Winter, 91a Liverpool Street, Hobart (Tas.)
Card portraits, 7s. 6d. per dozen.
Cabinet portraits, 21s. per dozen.
25 January 1886: Bent’s Portrait Rooms, Pall Mall, [Bendigo] (Vic.)
First-class Cabinets 15s; Cards 8s 6d per doz.
6 February 1886: F. De Kock and Co., Mitchell Street, Sandhurst [Bendigo] (Vic.)
beg respectfully to announce that … are now prepared during the Holiday Season to adopt the following prices:—
Cabinets (any style) … 15s per dozen
Carte de visite (do) … 8s 6d per doz
18 February 1887: F. De Kock and Co., Mitchell Street, [Bendigo] (Vic.)
Cartes, per dozen … … … 7s
Cabinets, per dozen … … … 12s
17 January 1890: Duryea’s Portrait Studio, Ryan Street, Moonta (SA)
Cabinet Photos, highly finished, 17/6 doz
Carte de Visite, highly finished, 10/6 doz
9 April 1895: R. Olliver’s Photographic Gallery, Grey Street, Glen Innes (NSW)
Carte-de-visites, 5s half-dozen; Cabinets, 3 for 5s
13 January 1906, Argus Studio, Collie (WA)
Cabinet, 18/- per dozen; 10/- per half-dozen.
Cart-de-visit, 12/- per dozen; 7/- per half-dozen.
14 February 1910: McNeill’s Photo. Studios, Rundle Street, Adelaide (SA)
8 gem carte de visite miniatures, 2/
Cabinet photos, 7/6
To give some context for the prices, it is worthwhile to looking at the average weekly wage of various occupations in different years. (See: Wages in Australia.)
See also:
Cartes de visite
Cabinet cards
References:
28 July 1864:
“Stephen M. Stout, photographic artist” (advertisement), West Australian Times (Perth, WA), 28 July 1864, p. 4, column 5
15 May 1869:
“Montagu Scott, artist” (advertisement), The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, NSW), 15 May 1869, p. 4, column 1
12 January 1871:
“Carte de Visite Portraits” (advertisement), The Express (Fremantle, WA), 12 January 1871, p. 2, column 2
3 February 1871:
“Photographic notice” (advertisement), The Northern Argus (Clare, SA), 3 February 1871, p. 2
9 August 1875:
“Great reduction in prices at Bent’s Portrait Rooms” (advertisement), The Bendigo Advertiser (Sandhurst, Vic.), 9 August 1875, p. 1, column 2
29 November 1879:
“The new tariff just announced at F. Cornell’s photo. studio, Foster-street, Sale” (advertisement), The Gippsland Mercury (Sale, Vic.), 29 November 1879, p. 2, column 4
12 August 1880:
“Photography: Mr. J. Deazeley” (advertisement), The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld.), 12 August 1880, p. 1, column 3
14 January 1881:
“R. Yeoman, photographer” (advertisement), The Record and Emerald Hill & Sandridge Advertiser (Emerald Hill, Vic.), 14 January 1881, p. 2, column 1
4 April 1884:
“Visitors to Hobart” (advertisement), The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.), 4 April 1884, p. 4, column 1
25 January 1886:
“Bent’s Portrait Rooms” (advertisement), The Bendigo Advertiser (Sandhurst, Vic.), 25 January 1886, p. 1, column 7
6 February 1886:
“F. De Kock and Co., Mitchell-street” (advertisement), The Bendigo Advertiser (Sandhurst, Vic.), 6 February 1886, p. 1 of the Supplement, column 2
18 February 1887:
“Wanted known: Startling reductions!!” (advertisement), The Bendigo Advertiser (Sandhurst, Vic.), 18 February 1887, p. 1, column 7
17 January 1890:
“Duryea’s Portrait Studio” (advertisement), Yorkes Peninsula Advertiser (Moonta, SA), 17 January 1890, p. 4, column 2
9 April 1895:
“Photography! Last few Weeks” (advertisement), Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser (Glen Innes, NSW), 9 April 1895, p. 4, column 3
13 January 1906:
“Your friends want your photograph!” (advertisement), The Collie Miner (Collie, WA), 13 January 1906, p. 3, column 7
14 February 1910:
“McNeill’s Photo. Studios” (advertisement), The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), 14 February 1910, p. 2, column 3
Note: This list of prices was originally part of the “Cartes de visite” article (which originally covered both cartes de visite and cabinet cards), but as that post has now been separated into two separate articles, this list has also been separated, so as to give a separate URL for the prices of both cartes de visite and cabinet cards.
Updated 3 December 2023
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