Parliament House [Macquarie St, Sydney]
c1920s. Etching, titled, editioned 25/100 and signed in pencil in lower margin, 14 x 23.3cm. Slight foxing. Held in State Library of NSW. More
c1920s. Etching, titled, editioned 25/100 and signed in pencil in lower margin, 14 x 23.3cm. Slight foxing. Held in State Library of NSW. More
1920. Etching, titled, numbered “11” and signed in pencil in lower margin, 7.2 x 13.5cm. Stains and minor paper remnants to image centre, pinholes and repaired tears to upper margin, old mount burn. Held in Sydney Living Museums (SLM), with the comment “‘Elizabeth Farm House, Parramatta’ was one of 34..... More
c1920s. Etching, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 15 x 19.2cm. Old mount burn. Held in SLSA. “The site of Gonville Chambers [doctors’ professional rooms] was the home of Dr Frederick Bayer, who arrived in this country in 1847, and is said to be the first man to..... More
c1920. Drypoint, initialled in plate lower centre, editioned 3/30, titled and signed in pencil below image, 21.4 x 17.7cm. Repaired tears to upper margin including platemark, minor paper loss to margins, old mount burn. Not illustrated in Spartalis reference on van Raalte. London-born Henri van Raalte studied art under John..... More
c1921. Etching, titled, editioned 11/50 and signed in pencil in lower margin, 9.8 x 12.8cm. Old mount burn. “In August 1921 Mort wrote to the Vaucluse Park Trustees seeking permission to make a sketch in the courtyard at Vaucluse House, and in November 1921, following a Wentworth celebration day at..... More
1921. Etching, signed in plate lower left, annotated “artist’s proof ‘A’”, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 20.3 x 22.1cm. Slight cracks to left platemark and stains to trimmed margins. Laid down on acid-free tissue. Held in SLNSW. More
1921. Aquatint, signed, titled and editioned 12/50 in pencil in lower margin, 12.5 x 24.2cm. Minor insect damage to upper edge of image, slight stains to margins. Ref: Mendelssohn #253. Held in NGA, NLA, NGV. More
1921. Etching, annotated “no. 43 [of] 50 proofs”, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 10.5 x 10.6cm. Old mount burn. Artist, publisher and promoter of Australian art Sydney Ure Smith played an important part in the revival of etching in Sydney. He had a “keen interest in architecture..... More
c1922. Etching, titled, editioned 44/75 and signed in pencil in lower margin, 13.5 x 16.3cm. Glue stains to upper margin, minor foxing overall. More
1923. Aquatint, signed, titled, editioned 42/75 and annotated in pencil in lower margin, 15.4 x 23.8cm. Minor foxing to margins, slight mount burn. Annotation indicates image was printed on 18th century paper, which Lionel Lindsay often used to obtain a mellow look. Ref: Mendelssohn #302. More
c1923. Etching, editioned 14/50, titled, signed and annotated “ARCA Lond.” in pencil in lower margin, 24.4 x 18.9cm. Foxing, old mount burn. More
1923. Etching, initialled and dated in plate lower right, signed, dated, titled and editioned 2/50 in pencil in lower margin, 15 x 19.8cm. Lightly inked impression, slight foxing overall. Held in SLNSW. Burdekin House in Macquarie Street, Sydney, was built in 1841 for merchant Thomas Burdekin (c1799–1844). “It was owned..... More
c1924. Etching, signed in plate lower left, annotated and editioned “2nd state, 18/30”, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 9.6 x 23.5cm. Minor surface loss to lower margin. Image included in the Society of Artists Annual Exhibition held in 1924. Ref: NGA. More
1924. Drypoint, titled, signed and editioned 26/35 in pencil in lower margin, 27.8 x 13.4cm. Held in the National Gallery of Australia collection. More
1924. Wood engraving, signed and dated in block lower right, faded title and other annotation in lower margin, 15.2 x 20.8cm. Slight stain to centre of image, minor crinkles to upper margin. The second of two states. Ref: Bloomfield (ed.), L. Roy Davies: Wood Engravings, 1978, #35, p106, listed with..... More
1924. Wood engraving, monogrammed in block, titled, signed and dated “1926” in pencil in lower margin, 11.5 x 17.2cm. Illustrated in Bloomfield, L. Roy Davies: wood engravings, 1978, p110, listed with date of 1924. This church was one of the unfinished buildings constructed in Boydtown by wealthy entrepreneur and adventurer..... More
1924. Etching with foul-biting, signed in plate lower left, annotated “no. 5 [of] 30 proofs”, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 32.5 x 22.9cm. Slight foxing to left side of image, missing portions and old paper tape to upper margin, old mount burn. Held in NGA, SLNSW, and..... More
1925. Drypoint, signed, titled and editioned 8/30 in pencil in lower margin, 12.4 x 18.7cm. Stains, creases and foxing to image, glue stains and rubbing to margins. Ref: Mendelssohn #365. Carcoar is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales. The town has been classified by the..... More
1925. Aquatint, signed, titled and editioned 67/75 in pencil in lower margin, 15.3 x 24.3cm. Minor soiling to margins, old mount burn. Ref: Mendelssohn #346, also listed as Near Binalong. More
c1925. Etching, editioned 2/50, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 17.7 x 30.1cm. Missing portion to right margin, slight foxing. Reproduced in Art in Australia, series 3, vol. 13, Sept. 1925, plate 50. Ref: State Library of NSW. Held in National Gallery of Australia. More
c1925. Etching, titled, editioned 11/30 and signed in pencil in lower margin, 15 x 28.8cm. Retouching to discolouration in image upper right, stains to margins. Held in NGA. The Pyrmont Bridge, which replaced the first bridge built in 1858, had one of the largest swing spans in the world at..... More
1925. Etching, monogrammed and dated in plate lower left, titled, editioned 27/75 and signed in pencil in lower margin, 18.6 x 15cm. More
c1925. Etching, signed in pencil in lower margin, 24.7 x 33.7cm. Repaired tears, missing portions and minor foxing to margins. Laid down on acid-free tissue. Shore School, North Sydney, was previously the home of famous gold miner, merchant and parliamentarian Bernhardt Otto Holtermann, who financed a major photographic project covering..... More