c1886. Watercolour with gouache, signed with partially obscured annotation lower right, annotated and titled in ink and pencil in various hands verso, 26 x 40.9cm. Slight paper loss and stains, old mount burn. Annotation reads “A.H. Fullwood: West Maitland (illustration to Picturesque Atlas of Australasia).” Fullwood contributed at least three..... More

1887. Four ink and wash drawings, three mounted together, one with a verse monogrammed “C.J.H.” and dated lower right, 19 x 12.3cm to 12.6 x 20.2cm. Slight stains, old mount burn. Three of the images show stockmen in a settler’s hut, playing cards and drinking whiskey, ending in a brawl..... More

1888. Pen and ink, titled and signed in an unknown hand in pencil and publishing annotation “3/2” in colour pencil in lower margin, 7.5 x 12.5cm. Pinholes and minor tears to margins, slight foxing overall. This ink drawing by Piguenit was created as an illustration of his oil painting of..... 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. Oil on card, posthumous studio stamp verso, 21.6 x 46.2cm. Slight scuffing. Provenance: Frank P. Mahony estate. Mahony’s work is well represented in the AGNSW. Australian-born Federation-era painter, illustrator and Bulletin cartoonist Frank Mahony is best known for images of the bush. Early in his career in Australia, before..... 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