c1900. Pencil drawing, titled and initialled “W’m P.” lower right, 11.5 x 18cm. Minor foxing to right and lower edges. The Albury Railway Station was built in 1881 at the end of the main south line, 642km from Sydney, NSW, on the border of Victoria. Clocks were not originally installed..... More

c1890s-1900s. Watercolour with white highlight, signed lower right, 34.4 x 53cm. Slight foxing, stains. Original frame. This 18-foot skiff has a crescent moon insignia on its sail in red and black. This class of boat is called the “Aussie 18” due to its inherent connections to Australia. “In 1891 the..... More

1902. Pen and ink, signed in image lower right”, publishing annotation “usual ‘Arrow’ size” in ink in lower margin, 30.7 x 13.6cm. Pinholes not affecting image, old folds and creases, minor soiling to margins. This artwork, which appeared on the cover page of The Arrow on 8 March 1902, was..... More

1903. Pencil drawing, dated “Oct. 15 ‘03” in pencil lower right, posthumous studio stamp lower right, 27.8 x 19.6cm. Slight soiling overall. Mahony drew this work while he was in London at the Langham Sketching Club (later the London Sketch Club). He was persuaded by artist Phil May to join... More

1904. Pen and ink, captioned in image, signed and dated “Aug. ‘04” lower left, 25 x 21cm. Pinholes, slight foxing, old mount burn. Captions include “Labor”; “Fitzroy Dock tender”; “Extinction”; and “Jack Want’s fruit knife.” Towards the end of 1903, “poor economic conditions and drought” forced Sir John See’s NSW..... More

c1905. Ink and wash, signed “Drawed by Hops Understudy” lower left, 31.3 x 48.3cm. Minor tears or missing portions to edges, slight foxing. Image shows the Attorney-General Sir Charles Gregory Wade “Weighed” with a quill in his hat labelled “NSW Likker [Liquor] Act”, holding a pocket watch and auger with..... More

1907. Watercolour, titled, signed and dated lower left, 26.9 x 74.6cm. Slight foxing and stains overall, cockling to centre of image. Framed. Annotation verso reads “Jack Woolston.” Frederick Carl Gerke (1851-1928) and his wife emigrated from Germany, arriving in South Australia in 1877. Twenty-two years later he purchased a property... More

1908. Ink and wash with collage, signed “Hop’s understudy” in ink lower right, publishing annotation in crayon on backing below image, 37.1 x 28.4cm. Minor foxing and stains overall, missing portions to left edge of backing. Captions make mention of boxers Jack Johnson and Tommy Burns, and the White Australia..... More

1909. Oil on board, signed “M.E. Blashki” and dated lower left to right, artist’s name and title in an unknown hand in ink on label verso, 30.4 x 40.8cm. Slight stains overall, surface loss and missing portion to edges. Illustrated in Hammer, Miles Evergood: No end of passion, 2013, p24..... More

1909. Pen and ink with newsprint slips, captioned “All this lot” and signed by “Hop his Understuddy [sic]”, 48.1 x 29.8cm. Slight stains, correctional overlay to illustration upper right. The themes of this cartoon include Kaiser Bill (Wilhelm II) and the press, women’s opposition to NSW Premier Charles Wade for..... More

c1910. Watercolour, 31.8 x 66.2cm. Stains to upper right and lower centre. More

c1910. Ink and wash with white gouache, initialled centre left, 29.4 x 22.4cm. Repaired tears and missing portions to edges of image. Laid down on acid-free backing. Appears to be a proposed book cover illustration. More

c1910. Watercolour, signed in ink lower left, 29.9 x 32.7cm. More