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. More

c1830s/1890s. Watercolour with pencil, 33.6 x 56.1cm. Foxing overall, slight tears, surface loss, paper remnants, missing portions and old mount burn to edges of image. In 1888 there was renewed interest in the history of Australia due to the centenary of British settlement, and pictures depicting early views of Sydney..... More

c1890. Pen and ink with wash, signed and captioned lower right, 34.6 x 30.5cm. Foxing and soiling overall, missing portion and tear to lower edge. George Reid was Australia’s fourth Prime Minister, from 1904 to 1905. More

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..... More

c1890s. Pencil drawing, signed lower left, 21 x 16.9cm. Minor surface loss and indentations to image centre, creases and tears to edges. Possibly a self-portrait. More

c1870s-1890s. Pencil and wash, annotated and captioned in pencil upper right, 41.7 x 59.4cm. Old vertical fold, minor creases, some perforations to image, tears to edges. Annotations include notes for colours such as “Grey clouds, some sky near horizon. Water greyish colour, breeze south-west. P. Sienna sea weed on some..... More

c1890s. Watercolour and gouache, initialled lower right, 17.7 x 19.3cm. Slight foxing and stains. Hercules Brabazon Brabazon was an English artist accomplished in “Turner-manner watercolours.” Brabazon stated that he “lived for art and sunshine,” and as he regarded himself as a “gentleman amateur” he did not show or try to..... More

1893. Pen and ink with wash and slips of newsprint, signed in ink lower right, captioned throughout image, publishing annotations including date “April 1st 1893” in crayon and ink on lower right corner of image, 47.1 x 28.9cm. Foxing and soiling overall, tears to edges of image, creases, pinholes and..... More

c1894. Ink and wash with affixed slips of letterpress and postage stamp, signed lower left, titled on backing verso, 44 x 28.9cm. Foxing, soiling, laid down on original backing. The centre panel depicts the character “The Little Boy from Manly”, created by Hopkins in 1885 in relation to the Sudan..... More

1895. Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, 54.3 x 23.9cm. Pinhole to upper right corner, slight soiling. Framed. This painting was exhibited at the Royal Art Society of NSW in 1895, as referenced in their catalogue. Sydney-born Alfred Ernest Starkey was the youngest son of a wealthy soft-drink..... More

1896. Watercolour on card, monogrammed in watercolour, dated and titled in faint pencil below image, 40.5 x 24.5cm. Pinholes, creases and slight foxing. Frank Prout Mahony was the first Australian-born artist whose work was purchased by the Art Gallery of NSW. He was a well-known illustrator during the latter part..... More

c1897. Group of six watercolours, one dated and most titled and initialled “M.D.T.” in pencil lower left to right, some annotated or numbered in various hands in pencil verso, sizes range from 11 x 14.3cm to 20.4 x 27cm. Foxing and mount burn overall. Titles read: (a) Abyssynian dwelling, Jerusalem..... More