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, signed lower left, 46.1 x 31.5cm. Foxing with old repairs overall, old mount burn to edges. Laid down on acid-free backing. More

c1900. Crayon and pencil drawing, 20 x 25cm (paper). Minor soiling, old mount burn, laid down on old backing. There are many legends connecting the salamander to fire, possibly due to the tendency of salamanders to live inside rotting logs. When placed into a fire, the salamander would attempt to..... More

c1900. Pair of gouaches, 28.9 x 22.7cm and 33.1 x 38cm. One with scuffed edges, the other with foxing to upper left and lower right portions, tears and missing portion to lower edge, creases and pinholes. These images are consistent with other works by Lister Lister, which were used as..... More

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

1900. Pencil drawing, annotated in an unknown hand “By Lionel, 1900”, titled and dated with artist’s name upper right and on backing below image, 15.3 x 9.6cm. Discolouration overall, uneven edges. This is a rare, early portrait of Norman at the age of 21 by older brother Lionel. 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