1872. Letterpress, handbill, 30.4 x 18.3cm. Slight offsetting from a previous hand-written document, foxing overall, stains and minor tears to edges. Text includes “Sheepowners and others are hereby informed that it has been determined by the Government rigorously to enforce the provisions of the Scab Act, and the Regulations thereunder...
1873. Collection of 12 periodicals bound together, illustrated with over 260 line-blocks, wood engravings and lithographs, from Jan. to Dec. 1873, Tyrrells’ stamp on front endpaper, 27.1 x 22.2cm (quarto). Foxing, stains, tears, missing portions to some pages. First title page includes “Vol. XVIII – new series, vol. 1. Sydney...
1873. Handwritten document bound with original cloth tape, seven pages, on paper watermarked “Partridge & Cooper, No. 1 Chancery Lane”, signed and dated in ink by two witnesses in 1873, various signatures replicated in document including that of Governor Charles Augustus Fitz Roy and Governor John Young, 42 x 34cm...
1872-1876. Vellum-covered bank pass book, customer’s name inscribed on front cover and title page, with dated transactions in ink throughout, bookbinder’s label pasted on inside endpaper, 16.3 x 10.2cm. Slight foxing to cover. Title page reads “Bank of Tasmania. Dr. to per contra Cr. Mr Richard Thompson, Charles Street. Folio.....
1879. Letterpress ticket laid down on both sides of an albumen paper carte-de-visite portrait of ticket holder, in buckram and gilt wallet, signed by ticket bearer “Andrew Houison” in ink, numbered “fifty-six” and stamped by exhibition secretary “Augustus Morris” on ticket, 10.3 x 6.3cm (card). Creases to ticket. The portrait.....
1879. Bronze commemorative medal, initials of manufacturers “J.S. & A.B. Wyon” in exergue, 7.5cm (diameter). Major dent to rim. Framed. Text continues “MDCCCLXXIX. Orta recens quam pura nites (Newly risen, how brightly you shine).” The medal shows a central effigy of an allegorical figure of NSW, holding the colonial shield.....
1863-1880. Group of 11 pages or slips of newsprint with wood engraving illustrations, some monogrammed, initialled or signed in block by artists including Calvert, Cawker, Cubitt, Jackson and Nash, sizes range from 21 x 28.3cm to 42.2 x 28cm (paper).Stains and foxing, tears and paper loss to edges. From The...
c1880s. Letterpress, process screen and line block leaflet, four pages, 27.3 x 21cm (paper, folded). Slight creases overall. Text includes “Bolton Bros., Printers, Bookbinders…Williamson Street, Bendigo [Victoria].” The founder of J.H. Abbott & Co., Joseph Henry Abbott (1830-1904), was a prominent businessman, civic leader and politician. Excited by news of.....
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...
1880. Letterpress pamphlet, annotated and dated “Election 7th July 1880” in ink below, 20.6 x 13.4cm. Trimmed edges, minor creases, stains. Text includes “(Air–HMS Pinafore): When Murray came to this sunny shore, He wrought very hard to improve his store…His efforts were rewarded so triumphantly, that he longed to be.....
c1880s. Double-sided colour lithograph, 9.5 x 16.8cm. Minor paper remnants to both sides. Text includes “May all your friends be kind and true this Merry Christmas Day. Gibbs, Shallard & Co.” One side depicts a cockatoo in a cage, a shield with an Aboriginal face flanked by spears, coral and.....
c1880s. Double-sided colour lithograph, 11.1 x 13.8cm. Minor paper loss to image verso. Text includes “Life has cares and many sorrows, and they stand about our path as the grim Australian warrior in the way. Face and fight them like a Briton, they will vanish in their wrath. And the.....
1881. Photographic transfer on ceramic tile, partly obscured title and dated “May 1881” in ink verso, 22.7 x 18cm.
c1878-1882. Sheet music in letterpress with albumen paper photograph laid down on cover, signed by a “Jane W., Smith” and photographer’s line “Foster & Martin” in ink upper right and on photograph lower right, 7.5 x 6.3cm (photograph), 36.6 x 27.1cm (paper). Slight foxing and soiling, minor tears to edges.....
1886. Letterpress leaflet, annotated and dated in ink in several hands verso, 20.9 x 15.4cm. Slight stains, pinholes, old folds. Text includes “On the 6th day of March, 1886. Members, £1 each. 500 prizes, £20,000. The last year’s dividend on the Champion was 9s 9d in the £; so that...
1887. Group of five letterpress leaflets, some with various annotations in ink, sizes range from 7.2 x 10.9cm to 28.8 x 21.7cm. Creases, tears and missing portions to edges. Text includes “The Original Approximation Prize Consultation Company, Box 855, Sydney [Australia]; July 20th, 1887” and “12,000 numbers. Series B. £6,000”...
1887. Hand-coloured lithograph, text with date and title in image, 18.9 x 24.5cm. Slight foxing overall, minor tears and crinkles to margins. Text includes “The Australasian Builder and Contractor’s News, May 21, 1887. Messrs Backhouse & Haslam, Architects.” The competition was won by architect John Smedley for a more modest...
c1890. Painted plaster, signature incised lower right, 33 x 27 x 11cm. Minor chips and paint loss overall. A news clipping from The Bulletin, dated 7 February, 1984, is attached verso and shows the plaque with added words “The Bulletin, The National Australian News.” The article suggests that it is...
1885-c1890s. (1) Church Hill Estate [Crown St], Wollongong, 1885. Pen and ink plan drawing, annotated in ink and pencil verso, 24.5 x 35cm. Foxing, old folds, tears to uneven edges. Text includes “C.A. Atchison, Licensed Surveyor under Real Property Act, 20th Nov’r 1885.” Annotations include “Church Hill Estate, No. 16c.....
c1890. Watercolour and gouache on card, 28.4 x 21.3cm. Minor foxing and stains, soiling, pinholes to margins. Scarce original Australian design for a photograph album page.
c1890s. Pen and ink sketch with watercolour, trimmed portion of handwritten letter in ink verso, 13.9 x 12.3cm. Old folds, creases. The letter, in an unknown hand, includes “I hope Mr Gorman is none the worse for his coach accident. I would like to know about it when you write.....
c1890s. Group of eight sketches in watercolour, ink and wash or pencil, some with captions in image or annotations in margins, sizes from 14.1 x 6.6cm to 31.8 x 24.4cm. Most with slight soiling, foxing and creases, some with tears and missing portions. Includes two designs for the 1898 New...
c1870s-1890s. Five colour lithographic strips, each strip with caption “es propiedad” and series number, 5.3 x 54.5cm (paper, approx. each). One strip with minor perforations to right side of image. A zoetrope is an animation device where the user spins a cylinder and sees a rapid succession of images, producing.....
c1890s. Oil on canvas with watercolour, ink and gold paint, 40.5 x 56cm. Framed. Consists of an elaborate series of 20 vignettes which surround the central beachscape. The vignettes depict landscape and water views, including Boydtown [South Coast, NSW], North Head [Sydney Harbour], and Cremorne Wharf with ferry. Portraits include...
c1890s. Pair of carved and stained wooden figures on plinths, each with collector’s label annotated “Australian figure” in ink on base, one figure annotated “29WA” and “Page 14, Vol. 1” in gouache and pencil on back of plinth, 31 x 8.1 x 6.5cm and 29 x 9.3 x 7cm. Minor.....
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