1908. Group of six pen and ink drawings with pencil, each titled and signed “Pas”, most dated “1908” lower left and right, sizes range from 28 x 20.8cm to 45 x 22.6cm. Stains, soiling and crinkles; one with missing portions and tears. The scullers represented in the group are all Australian champions..... More
![Item #CL181-105 [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
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
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
![Item #CL173-83 [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
![Item #CL176-112 [Park With Deer]. D H. Souter, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL176-112.jpg?v=1492661808)
c1910. Watercolour, signed in ink lower left, 29.9 x 32.7cm. More
![Item #CL187-93 [Slimm And Stoutt]. Cecil Hartt, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL187-93.jpg?v=1496126658)
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
1910. Pen and ink with white gouache illustration, captioned below image, original publishing label dated “Oct. 8, 1910” with annotations in ink affixed verso, 23 x 20.2cm. Slight soiling and foxing, discolouration to edges. Annotations include “Captain Black” and “Chums.” This uncommon original illustration appeared in Chapter 13 of the..... More
![Item #CL184-50 [Sacrifice Inside A Heptagram]. Norman Ault, Brit](/pictures/thumb/CL184-50.jpg?v=1486091885)
1911. Watercolour with ink and gouache, signed and dated in ink lower right, 32.3 x 22.9cm. Minor paint loss to image upper left, foxing and missing portions to margins. 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
![Item #CL183-103 [Afternoon Drive]. Vernon Lorrimer, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-103.jpg?v=1486012684)
1912. Gouache on board, signed and dated in pencil lower right, 40.6 x 40.4cm. Crazing, soiling, paper remnants to edges. More
![Item #CL168-71 Piazza Della Cisterna S. Gimignano [Italy]. Albany E. Howarth, Brit](/pictures/thumb/CL168-71.jpg?v=1492489384)
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
1913. Oil on board, captioned and dated “6.3.13” lower right, 29.7 x 40cm. Missing portions, minor scratches and paint loss to upper and lower portions. Caption continues “(HCD) Season 1912–13.” Kismet was built by Chas. E. Dunn, Sydney and launched September 1912. The owners were Ravell Bros. It was skippered by..... More
1914. Pencil and watercolour, signed, dated and titled lower left to right, 18.2 x 22.2cm. Framed. 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
c1914. Watercolour, titled in pencil lower right, 22.8 x 32.9cm. Foxing, old mount burn. Possibly inspired by Henry Lawson’s poem, Kerosene Bay written in 1914: “Tis strange on such a peaceful day / With white clouds flying o’er, / That foreign boats are in the bay / As prisoners of..... 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
c1915. Collection of five illustrations consisting of an affixed colour process print reproducing a Leason painting, bordered by an original pen and ink drawing by Leason, each drawing is signed with one dated “1915” lower right, 18.6 x 14.5cm (approx. each). Slight foxing. Framed. These five drawings are part of the..... 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. Ink and wash with white highlight and pencil, signed, titled and captioned below image, artist’s line in ink, stamped “passed by censor S.D. Jul. 3 1916” and “published 6-7-16” verso, 33 x 26cm. Pinholes, minor soiling, crinkles to edges. Caption reads “He: ‘Frightful lot of red tape in the..... 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
![Item #CL183-8 New York [Portrait Of A Man]. Horace Brodzky, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-8.jpg?v=1486091846)
1917. Ink drawing, signed, dated and titled lower left and centre, 21.6 x 15.4cm. Repaired tears and missing portions to edges, old mount burn. Laid down on acid-free paper. Horace Ascher Brodzky was an Australian-born artist and writer, who worked mainly in London and New York. He was an early..... More
![Item #CL181-122 [Lesson About Drought]. David Low, NZ/Aust./Brit](/pictures/thumb/CL181-122.jpg?v=1486091700)
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
![Item #CL192-35 [Three Illustrations]. Adrian Feint, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL192-35_1.jpg?v=1524199214)
c1917. Three pencil drawings on postcards, each signed and one dated upper right, 13.8 x 8.8cm (approx. each). Creases overall, minor chips to some edges. Mounted together. (1) Shows a woman seated under a willow tree with stanzas from a poem including “Under the willow shady / wait yet a...... 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