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 about Maoris – Old Order
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 about Railway Station, Albury [NSW
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 about View Over Sydney Harbour, Possibly From Neutral Bay, Showing Fort Denison
![An 18-foot Skiff On Sydney Harbour]. George Frederick Gregory Jnr, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL194-73_1.JPG?v=1543548731)
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 about An 18-foot Skiff On Sydney Harbour
![Cat In Bowtie]. Louis Wain, British](/pictures/thumb/CL184-164.JPG?v=1486091874)
1901. Ink drawing, signed and dated “Feb. 18, 1901” lower left, 13.2 x 10.1cm. Old mount burn. More about Cat In Bowtie
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 about Rats!
c1902. Pen and ink, signed lower left, titled and annotated in ink and dated “paid 17-10-02 [or 04]” in pencil in another hand verso, 23.5 x 18cm. Paper loss to image upper right and edges, slight stains and creases, old mount burn. Annotation reads “Kind lady: ‘And so your father..... More about Terrible, Terrible!
![Young Woman With Chair]. Frank P. Mahony, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL166-121.JPG?v=1492487431)
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 about Young Woman With Chair
c1904. (1) Sandy Is Wanted, 1904. Ink and wash, signed lower right and captioned below image, dated “18.4.04” with publishing annotations in pencil verso, 17.4 x 25.5cm. Slight stains, surface loss, pinholes to margins. (2) Father Of Triplets, c1904. Ink and wash, signed lower left and captioned below image, publishing... More about Pair of illustrations
![The See Government [Debate Over The Public Works Program]. George A. Taylor, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL187-85.JPG?v=1496126058)
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 about The See Government [Debate Over The Public Works Program
1904. Thirty-four (of 35) printout paper photographs in a leather-bound album with gilt title and edges, date “Nov. 1904” on album cover, each photograph captioned in ink on backing below image, 10 x 15cm to 14.3 x 19.8cm. Minor scuffing to album covers, page 3 missing, all images laid down... More about Wallaroo & Moonta Mines And Wallaroo Smelting Works Album [Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
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 about The Pollytickle Situation
c1906. Ink and wash, title in slip of newsprint affixed to image upper left, annotated in pencil verso, 20.6 x 8.3cm. Repaired tear to image centre left, slight foxing to upper centre, minor wear to edges. Partially illegible annotation includes “The ‘Miserere’, Il Trovatore” and Dyson’s address. Ella Russell was..... More about Ella Russell
![Orchard, Bundaleer Springs, [Commissioned For] F.C. Gerke. J J. Christie, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL169-85.JPG?v=1492491449)
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 about Orchard, Bundaleer Springs, [Commissioned For] F.C. Gerke
![The Lion’s Share [Rabbit Plague]. Lionel Lindsay, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL194-101.jpg?v=1543548289)
1907. Pen and ink, titled, signed, captioned and dated in ink below image, 30.2 x 27cm. Slight foxing and soiling overall, minor missing portions to edges. Caption reads “L.E.N. 07. Extract from a wheat farmer’s letter: ‘Share-farming is all very well so long as you only have the landowner to..... More about The Lion’s Share [Rabbit Plague
![White Australia Policy & Other Highlights Of Past Year’s Events]. Livingston Hopkins, Amer./ Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL169-86.JPG?v=1492491450)
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 about White Australia Policy & Other Highlights Of Past Year’s Events
![Man Riding Camel In Desert]. Percy Spence, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL181-105.JPG?v=1486012302)
1909. Watercolour with white highlight, signed and dated lower right, 16 x 24.2cm. Minor foxing to left edge. Framed. Most likely intended to be included as an illustration for Frank Fox’s book Australia, published in 1910. Ref: ADB. More about Man Riding Camel In Desert
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 about Glacial Waste In Maine
1909. Ink and wash, signed in image lower left, titled, captioned and annotated by Lindsay and dated “9-09” in pencil in unknown hand verso, 23 x 23.7cm. Pinholes, slight foxing and soiling overall, minor handling creases and paper loss to left and lower edges not affecting image. Caption reads “Mama..... More about The Finish
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 about All Over The Shop
1910. Ink drawing on card, signed lower left, titled, dated “25/4/10” and annotated with poem in ink and pencil, with letterpress publishing receipt attached verso, 28.2 x 23cm. Minor soiling, pinholes to margins. Annotations include Young’s address at “Grange Road, Toorak, Victoria.” The handwritten poem reads “The autumn days for..... More about Autumn Days
![Thatched Huts By A Mountain Stream, Japan]. Anon, Japanese](/pictures/thumb/CL173-83.JPG?v=1492652469)
c1910. Watercolour, 31.8 x 66.2cm. Stains to upper right and lower centre. More about Thatched Huts By A Mountain Stream, Japan
c1910. Pencil drawing, 12.6 x 16.8cm. Minor soiling to edges. Another drawing appears verso. Illustrated in Hammer, Miles Evergood: No end of passion, 2013, p48. Exhibited in Argosy Gallery, Sydney, 1933, and Castlemaine Museum and Art Gallery, 1988. Florence was Evergood’s sister-in-law. Ref: GH200. More about Florence Reading
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 about The Making Of A Modern Millionaire, By…
![The Butterflies [Self Portrait]. Alice Muskett, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL166-133.JPG?v=1492487773)
c1910. Oil on board, titled in image upper centre, titled with faded signature in pencil on label attached to frame verso, 22.7 x 12.5cm. Surface loss, slight soiling. Original frame. Melbourne-born artist and writer, Alice Jane Muskett was an early pupil of Julian Ashton, who recognized her talent and beauty... More about The Butterflies [Self Portrait