c1930s. Gouache, 20.2 x 25.4cm. British-born Martin Frank Stainforth is best known for portraits of thoroughbred racehorses he painted in England, Australia and the United States. Ref: Wiki; ADB. More

c1930s. Charcoal drawing, artist’s signature stamped lower right, annotated “Bacon” and “5” in pencil and ink in unknown hand verso, 22.5 x 10cm. Foxing to image centre and edges, minor stain to image upper centre, slight discolouration to edges of paper. A faint abstract sketch appears verso. Provenance: Philip Bacon Galleries..... More

c1930s. Watercolour, signed lower left, titled in pencil verso, 39.2 x 57cm. Pinholes, minor missing portions to corners. Artist Hugh Nevill-Smith was also a teacher of voice/singing at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Sydney during the 1930s. He exhibited and travelled extensively, including the USA, and especially in Phoenix..... More

c1930s. Watercolour, signed in ink lower right, captioned by Nevill-Smith and annotated in another hand in pencil verso, 35.4 x 49.1cm. Pinholes, foxing. Annotation reads “Miss Lucy Fyers, Lake Road, Te Kawhata, New Zealand.”. More

c1930s. Watercolour with pencil, signed lower right, titled in pencil verso, 34.8 x 52.8cm. Pinholes and minor creases to upper edge. Artist Hugh Nevill-Smith was also a teacher of voice/singing at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Sydney during the 1930s. He exhibited and travelled extensively, including the USA, and..... More

c1930s. Watercolour with pencil, 33.8 x 29.8cm. Pinholes, minor scuffing to image lower left, slight foxing and crinkles overall. Provenance: artist’s estate. Information about Betty Solomons seems to be scarce. She appears to have studied pottery at the Technical Education Department in Sydney, with her name listed in the Department’s..... More

c1930s. Pencil drawing, initialled lower right, 17.6 x 25.8cm. Slight foxing, uneven edges. This sketch was likely taken from the present site of Waterfront Park, Pyrmont, previously the site of the CSR Sugar Refinery. Blackwattle Bay can be seen slightly to the left. More

c1932. Pencil drawing, titled and signed in pencil below image, 20.5 x 17.9cm. Pinholes, soiling and foxing to margins, slight stains to upper and lower portions of image. This drawing was most likely a study for an etching for the 1932 publication Hobart: Eight etchings in facsimile by Charles Robinson..... More

1932. Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 58.5 x 74.2cm. Minor crazing, some soiling and scuffing to surface. Framed. More

1933. Watercolour with pencil, signed and dated in ink lower right, titled in pencil below image, 35.4 x 19.6cm. Minor stains to image, pinholes, tears and stains to margins. Under “Personals” in the Sydney Morning Herald on 29 June 1936 a classified reads “Mr H. Neville Barker, an artist, who..... More

1933. Pair of pencil drawings, one with ink, each captioned, dated and initialled in pencil lower right, 23.2 x 20.3cm and 25.9 x 20.3cm (paper). Minor creases. Captions read “Central Railway Station” and “Central Station Tower, Sydney.”. More

1934. Ink drawing, signed, dated and titled lower left to right, 41.8 x 25.2cm. Pinholes and minor missing portions below image, old mount burn. More