1867. Pencil drawing, annotated and dated “Rosalie. Copied Sept. 25th, 1867. C. Martens” lower left, 17 x 30.2cm. Minor foxing to upper portion of image. This drawing is most likely by Rosalie Ann Thorne (Aust., 1850-1927), reputedly a pupil of Conrad Martens. She was a friend of his daughter, Rebecca..... More

1867. Pencil drawing, signed “Rosalie”, dated “Sept. 27th 1867”, annotated “copy C. Martens” and titled lower left to right, 20.5 x 30.8cm. Minor creases and stains. The building seen from the shore is the former stables of Woollahra House, built in 1856 by Sir Daniel Cooper, a colonial merchant and..... More

c1870s. Watercolour, annotated in an unknown hand in pencil on backing below image, annotation is repeated in another hand on backing verso, 20.5 x 29.1cm. Foxing overall, laid down on old backing. Annotation reads “Old houses in Richmond paddock, copied from a drawing by Buvelot. He did a considerable part..... More

1870. Pencil drawing, titled, dated “April 12th, 1870” and annotated lower left, 20.5 x 27.7cm. Reinforced fold to centre, slight discolouration. Annotation reads “From ‘Manyung’ grounds.” This drawing is most likely by Rosalie Ann Thorne (Aust., 1850-1927), reputedly a pupil of Conrad Martens. She was a friend of his daughter..... More

1870. Pencil with watercolour and white highlight, titled, dated “10th Aug. 1870” and monogrammed “G.S.” in pencil lower right, artist’s name on “Academy Arts” slip attached to frame verso, 17.2 x 24.9cm. Slight foxing, stain to lower right edge. The slip includes “pupil of C. [Conrad] Martens.” Painter and solicitor..... More

c1870-1871. Two pencil drawings, each initialled “R.A.T.”, titled “Elerslie [sic]” and dated lower left or right, 9.3 x 17.5cm and 15.8 x 23.8cm. Minor foxing. Rosalie Ann Thorne was reputedly a pupil of Conrad Martens. She was a friend of his daughter, Rebecca Martens (Aust.,1836-1909), who was also her mentor..... More

1873. Watercolour and gouache, signed and dated in ink lower right, 32.7 x 23.2cm. Repaired tears to upper left corner, repaired tears and missing portion to centre of lower edge. Influenced by his teacher John Skinner Prout and by Conrad Martens, Elyard’s preferred subjects were picturesque buildings, street scenes and..... More

1874. Pencil drawing with watercolour, captioned and dated “4/Oct./74” lower left to right, 11.8 x 20cm. Discolouration, stains, missing portions to edges not affecting image. More

1877. Pencil drawing with white highlight and wash, panorama in two parts, captioned centre right, initialled and dated “11/8/77” lower right, 12.4 x 29.4cm. Slight creases to joined edges, soiling to image upper centre and lower right, minor foxing. Laid down on acid-free paper. From a sketchbook with two different..... More

1880. Oil on board, signed lower right, titled, dated and signed in ink verso, 24 x 15.5cm. Framed. European-trained George Alphonse Collingridge de Tourcey was a prominent wood engraver, painter, teacher and historian. Along with his brother, Arthur, he co-founded the Royal Art Society of NSW in 1880, and the..... More

c1880s. Watercolour with gouache, signed “G.W. Whiter” in pencil lower left, titled in ink in another hand on original accompanying label mounted below image, 43.2 x 59cm. Minor paper loss to image edges. One of the last ships built for the New Zealand Shipping Company, the Scottish-built Wanganui made her..... More

c1880-1885. Pencil drawing, signed “H. Perring” lower right, artist, caption, date and text on typed label attached to frame verso, 15.7 x 20.7cm. Tear to image upper left, slight foxing, old folds. Framed. Text verso reads “Sectional sketch of a ‘huaca’ or Inca or Indian burial mound as opened on..... More