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

1889. Watercolour and pencil, titled and dated in pencil on accompanying portion of original mount, 17.7 x 25.1cm. Slight foxing, old mount burn. Shows Castle Hill or Cootharinga, a “heritage-listed pink granite monolith which dominates the Townsville skyline.” Ref: Wiki; NLA. More

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

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