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

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

c1898. Watercolour with pencil, signed “H. Stuart Wilson [fl. 1890-1902]”, dated and titled lower left to right, 23.2 x 36.4cm. Slight foxing and discolouration overall. Framed. Erroneously dated “1880” in title, as the Hereward was wrecked in 1898. More

1867-1898. Group of seven watercolours, all titled and some dated in pencil below image or verso, some initialled “H.G.” in pencil below image, 18.8 x 16.8cm to 18.4 x 25.7cm (approx. each). Slight foxing, soiled margins, some laid down on old backing, paper remnants verso, old mount burn. Titles read..... More

c1900. Crayon drawing, 21 x 26.1cm (paper). Slight soiling including fingerprint lower right, repaired minor tear upper left, laid down on old backing. A possible study for commedia dell’arte, a theatrical art form based on traditional characters wearing masks in improvised comic scenarios. It began in Italy in the 16th..... More

c1900. Watercolour with gouache, signed lower left, annotated and titled verso, 27.8 x 17.8cm. Slight wear to edges. Annotation reads “New Zealand set (6), No. 1 to pair with No. 2, Maoris – Old Order.” Australian-born Federation-era painter, illustrator and Bulletin cartoonist, Frank Mahony is best known for images of..... More

c1900. Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 53cm. Slight perforations to image edges and paint loss to lower portion, minor soiling to upper portion of image. Period frame. More