 The Art of WaterCollectors' List 121 2006 |
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31 Francois Cogne
(1829-1883) Botanical Gardens [Melbourne], 1863. Tinted lithograph with hand-colouring, title below image, 26.3 x 36cm. Slight foxing overall. One of the views from the Melbourne Album. |
$660 |
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32 P.W. The "John Williams", 1865 Colour lithograph, initialled "P.W." and dated in image lower right, printer, title and text below image, 30.2 x 45.1cm. Repaired tear to right margin. Text reads "T. Harrild Lith. London. … Purchased and equipped by the juvenile friends of the London Missionary Society. London. John Snout, Paternoster Row." |
$1,100 |
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33 Sir Francis Seymour Haden (Brit., 1818-1910) Old Chelsea, 1865/1872. Etching, titled, signed and numbered "16" in plate upper and lower left, 11.3 x 19.9cm. Slight foxing and soiling to margins. Schneiderman #101. 5th state, titled as Chelsea Bridge. Whistler's brother-in-law, the etcher-surgeon Seymour Haden, is generally credited with inventing the practice of signing prints. In 1881 Haden founded the Society of Painter-Etchers in England, which received a royal charter. He was knighted ten years later. |
$660 |
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34 Anon Rigging Plan of Steel Paddle Steamer "Hope", 1866. Hand-coloured engraving, title and text in plate upper centre, 30.5 x 60cm. Old fold to centre, foxing overall. Text reads "Built by Messrs Jones, Quiggin & Co., Liverpool." Shows Confederate flag on rigging. Jones, Quiggin & Co., was founded in 1855, and built composite and iron ships including sailing vessels, paddle and screw steamers. Much work was for customers abroad, and included commissions for the Confederate States of America. Ships built at this time include five blockade runners, one of which, the Banshee, became the first steel ship to cross the Atlantic in 1863. |
$660 |
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35 Eugene von Guerard (1812-1901) Crater of Mt Gambier, S.A., 1866-1867. Colour lithograph, signed in image lower left, blind stamp and title below image, 30.9 x 50.6cm. Repaired tear and missing portion to right margin. Stamp reads "Hamel & Ferguson Lithographers. 85 Ruben Street, Melbourne." |
$1,650 |
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36 Eugene von Guerard (1812-1901) Moroka River Falls (Foot of Mount Kent) Gippsland, 1866-1867. Colour lithograph, signed in image lower left, title below image, 32.7 x 51.9cm. Repaired tears and soiling to edges. |
$1,650 |
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37 Sir Francis Seymour Haden (British, 1818-1910) A Brig at Anchor, 1870/1876. Etching, signed and dated in plate lower left, 13.9 x 21.1cm. Slight soiling overall. Salaman #64. Schneiderman #134, 5th state. Whistler's brother-in-law, the etcher-surgeon Seymour Haden, is generally credited with inventing the practice of signing prints. In 1881 Haden founded the Society of Painter-Etchers in England, which received a royal charter. He was knighted ten years later. |
$660 |
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38 Charles Bayliss
(1858-1897) Hunters Hill, c1870s. Albumen paper photograph, numbered "564", photographer's blind stamp and title in negative below, 15.7 x 20.4cm. Laid down on acid-free paper. Image shows the foreshores of Huntley's Point, (today the site of the Gladesville Hospital) across Tarban Creek to Hunters Hill, with St. Joseph's Roman Catholic College on the horizon. |
$990 |
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39 Anon Prof Beach. The Wonderful Man-Frog, c1870s. Wood engraving and letterpress, handbill, 34 x 13.2cm (paper size). Missing portion below affecting text. Advertisement for an exhibit at Central Park Garden, New York, featuring "startling submarine performances [including] eating, drinking and smoking while under water…" Professor Beach is illustrated with a merman's tail resting at the bottom of a tank, smoking a pipe. |
$770 |
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40 W.H. Raworth
(1820-1905) Double Bay, 1874. Watercolour, signed, dated and titled lower centre, 33.6 x 50.6cm. Old stains to edges. |
$2,200 |
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