c1924. Pen and ink sketch on “Coogee Bay Hotel” letterhead paper, inscribed and signed below image, 26 x 20.7cm (paper). Foxing and creases overall, slight tears to edges. This sketch was most likely made in 1924, based on recorded correspondence from Lambert to his wife on Coogee Bay Hotel letterhead..... More
1925. Pen and ink, signed lower left, various captions in ink and pencil above and below image, stamped “Published Jan. 8, ‘25” verso, 25.9 x 10cm. Soiling overall, pinholes to margins. Cancelled captions include “Sometime Secretary of Victorian State Premier’s Department, who has been given the job of waking up..... More
1925. Pen and ink, signed lower right, publishing annotations in upper margin and verso with stamp, 29.4 x 9.8cm. Soiling and slight crinkles overall, pinholes to edges. Text continues “who is spending a few millions on new body-building works in Geelong (Victoria) and assembly plants in other states.” Stamp reads..... More
1925. Pen and ink, signed and dated by artist lower left, titled and annotated with artist’s name in ink in another hand on accompanying original frame label, 22.9 x 20.4cm. Pinholes, slight stains and crinkles to edges of paper not affecting image. More
![Woman Sewing]. Horace Brodzky, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-9.JPG?v=1486091849)
1926. Watercolour, signed and dated lower left, 22.7 x 19.5cm. Pinholes, minor stain to upper left margin, old mount burn. More
![Egypt [Street Scene]. Harry J. Weston, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-179.JPG?v=1486012747)
1926. Watercolour, signed, titled and dated in ink lower left, 22.5 x 33.1cm. Minor foxing and paper loss to image left edge. More
1926. Watercolour and pencil, signed “Rual” and dated in image lower left and centre, 47.3 x 57.5cm. Slight foxing and crinkles. More
![Landscape, Port Macquarie [NSW]. Cecil W. Bostock, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-5.JPG?v=1486012787)
1927. Pencil drawing, titled, signed and dated lower left to right, 22.6 x 33.8cm. Paper remnants to left edge, slight surface loss lower centre. An important and influential early Australian photographer, Cecil Bostock was also a highly regarded illustrator, bookbinder and carpenter. Ref: Photo-web. More
c1890s-1927. Group of five portraits, four inspired by Henry King’s iconic photograph:. (1) Henry King (Aust., 1855-1923). Australian Aborigine, c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, cabinet card format, titled (faint) in negative lower left, photographer’s blind stamp on image lower right, caption in letterpress on backing below image, 14.7 x 9.9cm. Slight..... More
1929. Pencil sketch, titled and dated lower left, 27.8 x 38.6cm (paper). Old crease to left portion, foxing to edges. More
![The Lake [Narrabeen]. Sydney Long, 1871–1955 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL203-39.jpg?v=1633911498)
1929. Etching and aquatint, editioned 3/60, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 26.7 x 26.3cm. Slight foxing and old tape stains to margins. Image held in the National Gallery of Australia with alternate title “Moonrise on the Lake.” “In paintings and etchings of this period, the lake is..... More
![The Pressman [Printing Press Operator]. Maurice F. Bilton, active 1930s-50s American](/pictures/thumb/CL184-53_1.JPG?v=1486091886)
c1930s. Double-sided oil painting on paper, signature incised into image lower right, titled and signed in ink below image verso, 68.2 x 50cm. Pinholes, missing portions and tears to edges, slight crinkles. Verso image shows a musician playing a banjo. Maurice Bilton was a lecturer at Ridgewood Art Institute (RAI)..... More
![Young Woman]. John Baird, 1902-c1988 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-2.JPG?v=1486091829)
c1930. Pencil drawing, signed lower right, 30 x 7cm (image). Painter and cartoonist John Baird was a foundation member of the Society of Australian Black and White Artists. Baird became known for his oil paintings, especially for his portrait of ‘Model of the Year’ Patricia “Bambi” Tuckwell in 1946. Ref..... More
![Woman On Subway]. Horace Brodzky, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-10.JPG?v=1486012681)
c1930s. Pencil with white highlight, signed upper right, 12.5 x 10.8cm. More
![Bushscape, Victoria]. Attrib. May Butler-George, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-19.JPG?v=1486091829)
c1930s. Watercolour, 30.7 x 25.3cm. Pinholes, slight surface loss and missing portions to edges. Provenance: artist’s estate. More
![Sydney Royal Easter Show]. Robert Emerson Curtis, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-33_1.JPG?v=1486012769)
1930. Pair of pencil drawings, each initialled, captioned and dated lower right, 16.5 x 25.9cm and 24.8 x 18.9cm. Trimmed margins. Captions read “On the Sydney Show Ground, Easter” and “Looking towards the grand stand, Sydney Show Ground.”. More
c1930s. Watercolour with pencil and gouache, annotated “scale 1 [inch] = 1 foot”, titled and signed in pencil lower left to right, 31 x 36cm. Slight creases, minor foxing overall. More
![Caricatures]. George Finey, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-53_1.JPG?v=1486091839)
c1930s. Seven crayon drawings, each signed upper or lower right, one titled “Mr Farr-A-Loft” in pencil below image, sizes range from 26.7 x 20cm to 28.3 x 22.8cm. Each with stains and missing portions to edges not affecting image, some with minor tears in image, slight soiling overall. These drawings..... More
![Reclining Nude]. J S. Watkins, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-178.JPG?v=1486012747)
c1930s. Pencil drawing, signed lower right, 25.4 x 35.5cm. More
c1930s. (1) Walter Jardine (Australian, 1884-1970). [Dr William Gilbert “W.G.” Grace]. c1930s. Watercolour, signed upper left, 18.2 x 13.2cm. Slight soiling. Design for the accompanying card, An Ideal Cricket Eleven Series. No. 1: Dr W.G. Grace, based on a 1908 photograph of Grace when he made his final first-class appearance..... More
c1920s-1930s. Watercolour with pencil, titled in Chinese in lower margin, 23 x 31.4cm. Slight crease to upper left corner, foxing overall. Prov.: W.A. Pennell estate. In 1860 during the Second Opium War, two British envoys, a journalist for The Times and their escort of British and Indian troopers met with..... More
c1920s-1930s. Watercolour, 32.6 x 39.6cm. Slight tear and crease to upper left corner of image, some stains and minor foxing overall. Provenance: W.A. Pennell estate. An Englishman, Mr Pennell was head of the advertising department of the British American Tobacco Company in Shanghai during the 1920s and 1930s. He was..... More
c1930s. Watercolour, 20.3 x 30.5cm. Minor foxing to upper portion of image. Provenance: W.A. Pennell estate. An Englishman, Mr Pennell was head of the advertising department of the British American Tobacco Company in Shanghai during the 1920s and 1930s. He was an accomplished artist who taught and employed local artists..... More
c1930s. Watercolour, 20.4 x 30.5cm. Slight foxing overall. Provenance: W.A. Pennell estate. An Englishman, Mr Pennell was head of the advertising department of the British American Tobacco Company in Shanghai during the 1920s and 1930s. He was an accomplished artist who taught and employed local artists. Pennell and his family..... More
c1930s. Watercolour, annotated “1” in pencil verso, 31.4 x 20.3cm. Slight foxing and creases to margins. Provenance: W.A. Pennell estate. An Englishman, Mr Pennell was head of the advertising department of the British American Tobacco Company in Shanghai during the 1920s and 1930s. He was an accomplished artist who taught..... More