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

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

c1910. Crayon drawing, signed and captioned in ink below image, 27 x 17.2cm. Slight tears to right edge, creases and slight foxing. Caption reads “Slimm: ‘Yes, I’m an artist now.’ Stoutt: ‘Oh! One of these bally chaps who paint pictures & study from the leud, eh?’” A good friend of..... More

c1910. Ink and wash, gouache and pencil on board, captioned and signed in image lower centre, 40.6 x 32.1cm. Cracks and minor missing portion to corners. This illustration is the original artwork for an advertisement for Schweppes, which most likely appeared in the publication The Lone Hand. More

c1911. Pair of pen and ink drawings with colour pencil, one with text in image with date “1911” in pencil, 17.8 x 24.6cm, 23.3 x 21.1cm. Slight soiling and surface loss, one with pinholes to lower portion. Text includes “The Comic Australian. Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane.” The Comic Australian, consisting of..... More

1913. Pencil drawing, titled, signed and dated lower left, 26.4 x 18.3cm. Slight foxing, stains, soiling and crinkles overall, pinholes to lower margin. More

1914. Watercolour and ink, signed and dated lower right, titled in ink on mount below image, 38.9 x 25cm. Minor foxing overall, slight stains to lower centre. Framed. Title continues “Shakespeare: Sonnet LXXXVII.”. More

1910-c1914. Pair of pen and ink illustrations, each captioned in image, one annotated, dated “4/1/10” and signed “Alice I. Downey” in ink verso, 10 x 16cm (approx. each). Slight foxing to edges of paper including image, minor missing portions to edges where removed from notebook. Captions include “To Victoria Barracks..... More

c1916. Oil on canvas, titled lower centre, 44 x 58cm. Minor surface loss to centre of image, slight soiling and crazing overall. Original frame. HMS Talbot was a cruiser built for the British Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. During WWI Talbot participated in the Battle of Gallipoli. The cruiser was..... More

1916. Pen and ink, signed and dated lower right, annotated in pencil below image, 13.6 x 14.1cm. Indentations to left edge of image, slight stains and discolouration overall. Annotation reads “‘Delight.’ [And on mule, riding swiftly] soon came into view, [That most amiable person] good Isaac, the Jew.” Illustrated in..... More

1917. Pen and ink, signed lower right, captioned below image, stamped “published 5.7.17” verso, 24.2 x 25.8cm. Soiling and crinkles overall, surface loss and paper remnants to edges. Caption reads “Teacher (after explanation): ‘Now, can any of you describe the meaning of the word drought?’ Johnny: ‘Pleassir, it’s when the..... More

c1917. Oil on canvas, signed and captioned lower left and centre, 53 x 66.5cm. Crazing, slight stains. Original frame. Owned by the Union Steam Ship Company, the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Niagara, an ocean liner launched in 1912, was intended for the Australia–Vancouver, Canada service. She was nicknamed the “Titanic..... More