1880. Etching and aquatint on chine-collé, 25.4 x 17.5cm (image), 36.3 x 27cm (plate). From Cupid and Psyche (Opus V), plate 28. Ref: Singer #91. Cupid and Psyche is a love story about overcoming obstacles from the novel Metamorphoses written in the 2nd century by Apuleius. During the Renaissance his... More about Psyche Wandering

1880. Pair of hand-coloured wood engravings, 22.7 x 32.9cm; 24.4 x 22.3cm. Creases, repaired tears to edges, slight soiling and foxing. Captions for one image read “No. 1 General view: night attack by the police on the inn; No. 2 After the fight: Ned Kelly wounded, lying at the railway... More about The Destruction Of The Kelly Gang <i>and</i> Examination And Remand Of Kelly In...

1882. Etching on chine-collé, signed in plate lower left, 15.2 x 20cm. Discolouration to edges of margins. Illustration for the book, The Epic of Kings, Stories Retold from Firdusi by Helen Zimmern, 1882. Held in the British Museum collection. Chine-collé, a process developed in the 19th century, enabled artists to... More about Zal And Rudabeh

1883. Colour lithograph, 44.7 x 88.5cm. Trimmed borders, repaired missing portions to upper edge, stains to left portion of image. Laid down on acid-free backing. Published by Gibbs, Shallard & Co. in the Illustrated Sydney News, September 29, 1883. Originally surrounded by business advertisements, as seen in NLA. More about The Proposed Wharfage Improvements, [Sydney] NSW

1884. Etching with drypoint, artist “Edward Coombes” [sic], date, and etcher’s signature in image lower left to right, kangaroo remarque and signed by etcher in pencil in platemark below image, 27.8 x 54cm. Missing portions and repaired tears to left edge of image and margin, repaired perforations to image upper..... More about Coogee

1886. Colour lithograph, captions under each of four panels in image, printer’s line in image lower centre, 41.6 x 51.2cm. Old vertical fold with repaired tears. Period frame. Captions read “Settlement at Port Jackson, 1788; Sydney in 1802; The Old Tank Stream, (looking towards Sydney Cove), [1842]; Sydney in 1886.”... More about Views Of Old Sydney

1886/later printing. Etching, titled, dated and signed “Tm Rb” in plate lower left to right, 11.3 x 17.6cm. Minor paper loss and glue verso. Ref: Topliss #760. Roberts produced only five etched images during his career. Roberts’ original prints are rarely available for sale. More about At Phillip Island [Victoria

1887. Hand-coloured photo-lithograph, initialled “E.B.C.” and dated in block lower right, text throughout image, 18.9 x 25.8cm. Minor foxing and old mount burn. Text includes “The Australasian Builder and Contractor’s News, May 21, 1887. John Kirkpatrick..., Architect.” The mansion, Normanhurst, was built in 1887 in Alison Road, Randwick, NSW, on..... More about House At Randwick [Normanhurst] For H. Oxenham, Esq

1888. Colour lithograph, signed and dated with text including title in image lower centre, 57.1 x 37cm. Minor crinkles and folds with cracking to image, slight tears to lower edge. Framed. Text includes “This picture is the copyright property of the proprietors of the Town and Country Journal.”. More about A Bunch Of Australian Wild Flowers

1888. Lithograph, text including title below image, 15.9 x 21.7cm. Slight stains and crinkles overall, minor tears to margins. Text includes “W. Wormal, Architect.” The mansion was built around 1885 for Joseph Davies, the brother of Sir Matthew Davies, Mentone’s founder. Ref: NLA, Kingston Historical Society. More about Suburban Residence Of J.B. Davies Esq., “Mentone”

1889. Etching, signed and dated in plate lower right, 12 x 16.2cm. Minor soiling and old mount burn to margins. Held in NGA. Livingston York Yourtee “Hop” Hopkins was an American illustrator who became a major Australian cartoonist, working for The Bulletin during the time of the Federation of Australia... More about The Fisher

c1888-1889. Four colour lithographs, two with dates of publication and all with text in margins, each with artist’s signature and title in image, sizes range from 57.5 x 39.6cm to 58.4 x 40.1cm. Repaired tears, minor stains, creases, old folds, one with small tear to image upper right (Australian Birds)..... More about Australian Flora And Fauna Supplements

c1886/1890s. Colour photo-lithograph, text including title below image, 30.8 x 36cm. Minor foxing, soiling and missing portions to edges of margins. Text reads “Phillip-Stephan Photo Litho & Typographic Process Co. Ld. [Aust., fl., 1884-1910], Sydney, NSW.”. More about Pink Terraces, Rotomahana, New Zealand [Night View