 The Art of WaterCollectors' List 121 2006 |
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41 Prof Charles Beach The Wonderful Man-Fish, 1877. Wood engraving and letterpress, handbill, 30.4 x 15.3cm (paper size). Slight rubbing overall, minor perforations to right margin. Advertisement for an exhibit at the Colosseum Variety Theatre [New York?], featuring "startling submarine performances … [where Prof Beach will] eat, drink, smoke and write with as much ease as in a drawing-room …"Professor Beach is illustrated with a merman's tail resting at the bottom of a tank, smoking a pipe. |
$990 |
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42 C.W. Whiter "Wanganui", c1877. Watercolour, signed lower left, titled in ink in another hand on original accompanying label below on mount, 43.3 x 59cm. Minor chips to edges. The Wanganui made her maiden voyage from London to Lyttelton, New Zealand in 1877. She made thirteen voyages out to New Zealand then was sold to the Shaw Savill Company about 1889 and renamed the Blenheim. |
$3,300 |
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43 Henry King
(1855-1923) Sydney Heads from Balmoral, c1880. Albumen paper photograph, numbered "145e", titled and signed in negative below, 14.1 x 20cm. |
$660 |
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44 After R. Wendel Sydney from Blue's Point. Darling Harbour & Balmain (Port Jackson), c1880. Colour lithograph, panorama, initialled in image lower right, title and publisher below image, 15.2 x 47.5cm. Slight foxing overall, repaired crease to centre. Publisher's line reads "C. Troedel & Co. Lith. Sydney" |
$990 |
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45 After R. Wendel Lavender Bay. Looking towards Fort Denison, Sydney Cove & Dawes Point (Port Jackson), c1880. Colour lithograph, panorama, artist in image lower left, title and publisher below image, 15.2 x 47.2cm. Slight soiling to margins, crease to centre. Publisher's line reads "C. Troedel & Co. Lith. Sydney." |
$990 |
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46 Henry King
(1855-1923) Bayswater House from Loftus Pt, Newport, NSW, c1880s. Albumen paper photograph, numbered "481", titled and signed in negative below, 15.2 x 20.2cm. Slight foxing overall, chips to edges. Rare to find a 19th century image of suburban Northern Beaches. |
$660 |
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47 Anon Natator. The Man-Fish …, c1880s. Lithograph, poster, 52.6 x 40.7cm. Repaired old creases and tears, portion missing lower left, linen-backed. Text continues "in his celebrated sub-aqueous performance. Chas. Weightman. Eating underwater, drinking underwater, smoking underwater, the egg feat, chair act. Schmidt and Co. Lithographers, High St, Auckland, NZ." |
$1,850 |
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48 Anon Balloon View of Paris, Showing all the Forts and Fortifications, c1880s. Colour lithograph, publisher, title and map key below image, 34 x 51.6cm (image size). Repaired tears and stains to margins, linen-backed. Text reads "Accurately drawn from the latest French plans … Published as a supplement to the Weekly Times, December 10th. Price, with paper, fourpence." |
$440 |
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49 Anon [American Yacht], c1880s. Hand-coloured etching with aquatint, 7.4 x 10.5cm. Yacht appears to be similar in design to the defenders of the America's Cup. |
$550 |
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50 Charles Rudd
(active 1872-1900) Rushcutter's Bay and Darling Point, c1880s. Albumen paper photograph, numbered "398" in negative lower right, title on original photographer's presentation mount, 13.5 x 20.7cm. Tipped on mount. |
$660 |
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