1866. Pencil drawing, dated and titled lower centre and right, 23 x 34.7cm. Slight foxing and soiling. Port Melbourne was first named Sandridge by William Darke, one of three surveyors sent by Governor Bourke in 1836 to survey the shore of Port Phillip Bay and plot the course of the..... More

1869. Pencil drawing, titled, dated “November 5th, ‘69” and annotated “Copy C. Martens” lower right, 15.2 x 17.7cm. Missing portions to edges not affecting 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

1869-1871. Four pencil drawings, each captioned, three initialled “R.A.T.” and two dated lower left or right, 17.4 x 25cm (paper, approx. each). Minor creases, tears or foxing. Mounted in pairs. Captions read 1). View from the pine trees, Claremont, 16/2/71; 2). View from Esk Seat, Claremont; 3). Carrera from Esk..... More

1874. Pen and ink, titled and dated above image, 15.5 x 20.9cm. Old folds, stains and foxing overall. Laid down on acid-free backing. More

1877-1878. (a) Camp At The “Springs”, South Purrumbete [Hepburn Springs, Victoria] , 1877. Pen and ink, titled, signed and dated “Nov. 1877” lower right, 10.2 x 19.9cm (paper). Minor stains to upper portion, laid down on original album page. (b) Camp “Ecklin Forest,” Murphy’s Selection [Victoria] , 1878. Pencil sketch..... More

c1874-1881. Pencil drawing, titled, dated “Sept. 1874-1881” and initialled “R.A.W.” [Rosalie Ann Watkins] lower right, 7.5 x 15.5cm. Slight foxing, minor missing portion to lower right corner not affecting image. Rosalie Ann Watkins, née Thorne, was reputedly a pupil of Conrad Martens. She was a friend of his daughter, Rebecca..... More

1886. Watercolour and gouache highlight, signed and dated lower left, annotated in pencil in an unknown hand on frame verso, 45.9 x 35.9cm. Slight discolouration to paper, foxing. Framed. This is the original watercolour for the accompanying framed colour supplement printed by John Sands and published in The Illustrated Sydney News..... More

c1889. Bound sketchbook, containing drawings in pen and ink, wash and watercolour, with text in pencil and ink, inscribed, dated and monogrammed on first page, some drawings monogrammed, dated and annotated, 10.6 x 18 x 2.2cm. Front cover and endpaper loose, wear to cover and spine, slight soiling to some..... More

c1890. Watercolour and gouache, signed lower left, titled in ink on original exhibition label mounted below image, 73.3 x 54cm. Slight foxing. Original frame. Caption continues “Callistemon linearis, de Candolle (Myrtaceae) . N.S. Wales, Victoria. P.2587.” Uncommon large format in original presentation and frame. More

c1890s. Oil on canvas, 32 x 39.2cm. Slight surface crazing. In period frame. Edward Ashworth, a well-regarded English architect and surveyor, travelled to the colonies in the 1840s, making important visual records of the settlements of Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland and Hong Kong. In 1842 he left London on the ship..... More

c1890. Watercolour and gouache, signed lower right, original exhibition label on mount below image, 73.5 x 54cm. Slight foxing, laid down on original backing. Original frame. Label includes “Banksia Grandis, Willdenow (Proteaceae), no. 2598P. Western Australia.”. More

c1890s. Pen and ink on card, signed lower right, captioned in ink in lower margin, 47.2 x 39.3cm. Soiling, foxing and minor surface loss. Captions read “New South Wales Debentures,” “I.O.U.” and “Those Treasury Bills. Parkes utilises his private experience in Public Finance. W. Member Parkes: ‘Thank God, that little..... More

c1890s. Pair of oil paintings on concave tin, 32cm diameter (approx. each). Minor stains, chips to lower portion of one image. Velvet frames. One image shows Mosman Bay, the other a view of Sydney Harbour, with Fort Denison. More