Picton and Coogee Bay [NSW]
1894-1895. Double-sided watercolour, each image captioned, dated “Feb. 16th, 1895” or “21 Oct. 1894” and signed lower left or right, 25 x 48cm. Slight foxing to images. More
1894-1895. Double-sided watercolour, each image captioned, dated “Feb. 16th, 1895” or “21 Oct. 1894” and signed lower left or right, 25 x 48cm. Slight foxing to images. 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
1897. Pen on scraperboard, signed and dated lower left, 9.3 x 19.2cm. Slight foxing and stains to upper portion. Provenance: Fullwood estate. 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 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. 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. 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. 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. 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
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
1901. Ink drawing, signed and dated “Feb. 18, 1901” lower left, 13.2 x 10.1cm. Old mount burn. More
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
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
1903. Ink and wash with highlight, artwork for publication, three handwritten stanzas, signed and dated lower centre, 35.4 x 29.5cm. Foxing, discolouration, laid down on original backing. Framed. This illustrated poem was published in the The Town and Country Journal, Christmas issue, 1903. The verses read “‘Alas’, sighed the ‘Roo..... More
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
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
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
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
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
1906. Watercolour, titled and signed “C.W. Read” lower left to right, 50.3 x 67.8cm. Slight foxing and stains, minor missing portions and repaired tears to edges. Poseidon was an Australian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse who became the first horse to win both the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup in..... 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
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
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. 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