c1885. Watercolour and gouache, initialled “B.F.”[?] in image lower right, 25 x 36cm. Old paper remnants to upper and right margins, old mount burn. British watercolourist Myles Birket Foster was the known for his sentimental views of the English countryside. More

c1887. Pen and ink, signed lower right, captioned in ink in image and in pencil below, 27.5 x 45.7cm. Minor perforations, paper loss and repaired tears, slight foxing and ink stains. Laid down on acid-free paper. Captions in ink read “Centennial graveyard scheme” and “Payment of Members Bill.” The two..... More

c1888. Collection of 13 pencil drawings, each titled in pencil lower centre, 9.6 x 9.5cm to 11.7 x 20.1cm. Minor foxing. Titles read: 1. City Walk, Pekin [sic]; 2. Pekin; 3. Ming Tombs, Pekin; 4. The Great Wall, China; 5. Pagoda near Canton; 6. Canton; 7. Bogue Forts, Canton River;..... 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

c1890s. Watercolour, 31.3 x 19.5cm. Repaired tears, crazing and creases, stains, paint loss, original backing. More

c1890s. Eight watercolours, 17.2 x 15.5cm to 23.7 x 21.4cm. Slight creases, foxing or soiling to some images. Subjects include sewing, embroidery, entertainment, and merchants of birds and plants. More

1890s. Gouache, initialled “C.H.S.” and titled lower left to centre, 10.5 x 15cm. Minor soiling to margins. Provenance: Canadian collector. Depicts idyllic campsite in Australia, most likely for the purpose of impressing an overseas audience. More

c1890s. Ink and wash with letterpress text overlays, 11 panels, titled and signed “Drew by Hop’s Understudy” upper centre and lower right, 44 x 28.7cm. Minor soiling, discolouration. This drawing, which shows caricatures by Hopkins of himself both as a young boy and as an older man, was used for..... More

c1890s. Group of four charcoal and pencil drawings, all titled and signed in image upper and lower left, two numbered “12” on old collection sticker lower right, sizes range from 33.8 x 12cm to 44 x 14.2cm. All with foxing overall, slight tears and missing portions to edges. (1) “Princess”..... More

c1860s-1890s. Eighteen (18) watercolours, some with gouache or white highlight, two signed (one signature obscured by missing portion) and one dated “Oct. ‘80” lower left, 19.1 x 29.5cm to 63.8 x 47.1cm. Slight foxing overall, some with missing portions, repaired tears or minor creases. Six images laid down on acid-free..... More

c1890s. Two watercolours, signed lower centre or right, 36 x 26.2cm (each). Slight foxing. Both in original frames with new mounts. John Mitchell Cantle was an architectural draughtsman and railway surveyor, but is best known as an ornithological painter, illustrator, cartoonist and postcard designer. Ref: SLNSW. More

c1890s. Watercolour and ink drawing, captioned in image, 40 x 23.4cm. Tear from upper left edge through upper portion of image, stains, slight foxing, old mount burn. This proclamation “presents a four-strip pictogram that attempts to explain the idea of equality under the law. Those who committed violent crimes in..... More

c1890s. Oil on board, posthumous artist’s stamp on board and frame verso, 49 x 36.5cm. Minor paint loss and indentations to upper portions of image, minor crazing and foxing overall. Framed. An unfinished painting of a horse carcass appears verso. The Art Gallery of NSW began acquiring paintings and drawings..... More