51 Keith Looby (Australian, b.1940)
History Of Australia, Part II - Colonial History, 1977. Portfolio
of 5 etchings with aquatint, printed in brown or black ink, editioned
25/50, titled, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 45
x 59.6cm (approx. each).
Original presentation portfolio cover has title, artist's name,
text, edition number "25" in pencil, and publisher's
name. Slight soiling and minor tear to lower edge to cover of
portfolio.
Titles of
etchings read "Justice. Eureka. Kelly. Kelly Hung. Sportsmen's
Club." Text on cover reads "This portfolio is ["25"]
of fifty. Published by Port Jackson Press."
$3,800
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52 Charles Rodius (Australian, 1802-1860)
Nunberri, Chief Of The Nunnerahs, N.S. Wales, 1834. Lithograph,
signed and dated in image lower right, caption and text including
artist in image lower centre, 22.4 x 11.7cm. Minor foxing, slight
soiling, repaired tears and paper loss, old folds.
Text
reads "Drawn from nature and on stone by Charles Rodius.
Printed by L.G. Austin, 15 Phillip Street, Sydney."
$2,200
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53 Charles Rodius (Australian, 1802-1860)
Morirang, Shoalhaven Tribe, N.S. Wales, 1834. Lithograph printed
on green paper, signed and dated in image lower right, caption
and text including artist in image lower centre, 23.1 x 15cm.
Slight stains and soiling overall, repaired tears and pinholes
to margins.
Text
reads "Drawn from nature and on stone by Charles Rodius.
Printed by L.G. Austin, 15 Phillip Street [Sydney]."
$2,600
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54 Charles Rodius (Australian, 1802-1860)
Biddy Salamander,
Broken Bay Tribe. Bulkabra, Chief Of Botany. Gooseberry, Queen
Of Bungaree, NSW, c1834. Hand-coloured lithograph, caption and
text including artist in image lower left to right, 20.8 x 27.8cm.
Minor foxing, slight soiling, repaired tears and paper loss.
Text
reads "Drawn from life and on stone by Charles Rodius. Printed
by L.G. Austin, 15 Phillip Street [Sydney]."
$2,800
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55 Francis Grant
(British, 1803-1878)
Charles Joseph La Trobe, Esq., c1855. Mezzotint, artist, title
and text in plate below image, 66.9 x 41.9cm. Slight creases,
stains and repaired paper loss and tears to margins.
Title continues "Superintendent of Port Phillip, & Lieutenant
Governor of Victoria 1839-1854." Text reads "Engraved
by Samuel Bellin. Printed by W. Hutton."
$1,650
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56 Herbert Walter
E. Cotton (Australian, 1872-1931)
Sydney. The Ball Of The Season [Depicts 77 Prominent Public Figures],
1905. Tinted line block, with separate sheet entitled "Key
to the Ball of the Season" in line block and letterpress,
artist, date, and title in image lower left to right, text below
image, 54.8 x 75.8cm & 22.1 x 28.5cm (paper size). Slight
stains, paper loss, creases and repaired tears. Linen-backed.
Text
includes "Copyright, A.C. Rowlandson, 'Montana', Harbour
St, Mosman." A scene at Sydney Town hall, depicting prominent
public figures of the time including Dame Nellie Melba, Henry
Lawson, 'Banjo' Paterson, Prime Minister Alfred Deakin and Sir
Edmund Barton (first prime minister of Australia). A full list
of 77 names is included with the key to the main image, and is
available upon request.
$1,900
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57 After
Herbert G. Ponting (British,
1870-1935)
Captain Lawrence Edward Grace Oates, c1911. Colour process lithograph,
text and title below image, 42.4 x 27.8cm. Repaired missing portions,
tears and creases overall. Linen-backed.
Text
reads "Life's Presentation Plate. From a photograph taken
on board the Terra Nova [Scott's expedition to the South Pole]."
Very uncommon.
$1,100
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58 After T. Humphrey
& Co.
(Australian, active in Melbourne)
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, R.N., c1911. Colour and process
lithograph, border designed and signed by [Charles] Nuttall in
image lower right, text and title below image, 42.6 x 28cm. Repaired
missing portions, tears and creases overall. Linen-backed.
Text
reads "Life's Presentation Plate. From a photograph taken
in Australia, on the day the expedition sailed for the South
Pole, by T. Humphrey & Co." Rare.
$1,100
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59 William Johnson (Australian, 1897-1921)
Henry Lawson, 1915. Silver gelatin photograph, Lawson's autograph
in pencil and blind studio stamp on original backing below image,
14.3 x 9.7cm. Laid down on original studio presentation backing.
James
Tyrrell, in his book Old Sydney, describes taking Lawson around
the corner from his bookshop to Johnson's studio, where this,
one of eight images, was taken. This is the largest format in
this series of photographs; the National Library of Australia
holds a photographic montage of 4 different poses.
$3,300
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60 F.A. Geiger (Australian, active from 1870s)
[Sir Henry Parkes], 1916. Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower
right, 42.6 x 32.1cm. Perforation to upper centre. Original frame.
Possibly
by the F.A. Geiger, who studied art and was one of the founders
of Althouse & Geiger, a successful sign writing, painting
and decorators' firm, established in Sydney during the 1870s.
The image is reminiscent of a photograph taken of Parkes in a
similar pose.
$1,950
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