1838. Engraving, artist’s initials and title in plate below image, 9.6 x 18cm. Trimmed upper plate mark, water damage, soiling and repaired upper margin. Text reads “Published by J. Maclehose, Hunter Street. [Sydney].” From The picture of Sydney and strangers’ guide in New South Wales for 1838. Held in NLA..... More

1838. Engraving, title and artist in plate above and below image, 7.8 x 11.2cm. Foxing lower right. Text reads “No. 9, George Street, Sydney. Regimental & naval uniforms made in the first London style.” Held in NGA. This advertisement appeared in an early Sydney directory. More

1838. Baxter colour patent print, annotated in pencil on mount verso, 13.1 x 10.6cm (image). Replaced missing portion to lower left corner below image, slight crease to upper right corner of image, trimmed margins. Annotations include “George Baxter, Missions in China. Published in 1838. Mr Medhurst was a missionary for..... More

1838. Pair of silhouette cut-outs, signed, dated and captioned in ink below each image, 18.8 x 8.6cm (approx. each). Old mount burn. Framed. Captions read “Sophia Avery” and “Charlotte Avery.” Born in Dunkirk, Auguste Edouart “left France in 1814, and established himself in London, where he began his career making portraits..... More

1839. Hand-coloured lithograph, titled, dated and signed in image lower right, 35.2 x 50.7cm. Slight stain to image upper right, laid down on original backing, as issued. From the first edition and first issue of David Robert’s Holy Land. More

c1835-1840. Colour woodcut, signed and titled in Japanese in block, 36 x 24.3cm. Old stains, repaired paper loss to centre of image and to margins. An original certificate of purchase from a Japanese dealer in 1958 is attached to the mount verso. More

c1840s. Colour woodcut, printed on two sheets, signed with Japanese characters, censor’s and printer’s seals in block lower left, poem in Japanese characters in image upper left to right, 65.5 x 22.2cm. Slight soiling and repaired chips to edges. Laid down on acid-free paper. The poem, Morning Glory, is a haiku..... More

c1841. Pair of tinted lithographs, text including plate numbers “157” and “158”, artist and title above and below image, 19.5x 29.3cm to 20.3 x 33.8cm. Slight foxing and crinkles, repaired tears to edges, including left edge of one image. Text reads “Voyage au Pole Sud et Dans L’oceanie, Atlas Pittoresque..... More

1842. Tinted lithograph, signed in image lower left, title in lower margin, 18 x 26.6cm. Minor crinkles, slight stains and pinholes to image, creases, old mount burn. More

1842. Three tinted lithographs, one signed lower right, 18.5 x 28.7cm (approx. each). Trimmed to image, lacking titles, lower corners missing. Sydney Illustrated titles read (1) Sydney Cove looking north; (2) Sydney, from Mrs Darling’s Point [signed lower right]; and (3) New Government House, Sydney.” Held in NGA; SLNSW. More

1843. Lithograph, signed and dated in image lower right and centre, 42 x 29.3cm. Missing portions, slight stains and repaired tears. Laid down on acid-free tissue. Text reads “Part III. Price 10/6. [J.S. Prout], member of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours, London, with descriptive letterpress by J...... More

1839/1845. Engraving, artist and date “1839” in image lower right, engraver, title and date in plate below image, 32.8 x 42.8cm (image). Trimmed platemark, repaired tears and creases to image upper right, creases, slight tears and missing portions to margins. Laid down on acid-free backing. Text reads “Engraved by Alfred..... More

1846. Tinted lithograph, artist’s name in image lower right, text including “plate 9” and title above and below image, 17 x 30.3cm. Tears to left margin, slight stains. Plate 9 from Edward Lear, Illustrated Excursions in Italy, Volume 2, 1846. Ref: Noakes #65. Image shows Castello Caetani, a large fortress..... More