c1500. Tempera on vellum, 10.6 x 7.7cm. Slight cockling and paint loss upper and lower left. Framed. The Agony in the Garden refers to the events in the life of Jesus, as recorded in the New Testament, between the Farewell Discourse at the conclusion of the Last Supper and Jesus’..... More

1816. Double-sided watercolour with ink and pencil, one image in panorama format with two images verso titled, dated “March 1st” or “March 17th, 1816” with obscured signature “D. Rob…” in ink lower right, 18.7 x 16.9cm (panorama). Old vertical fold, missing portions to corners and fold, pinholes, slight foxing and..... More

c1820s. Oil on glass, 48.7 x 33.5cm. Paint loss. Framed. This Chinese reverse glass painting was done in the Qajar style of portraiture, used from 1781 to 1925 during the late Persian Empire. “Reverse painting on glass [painted from the underside] is not a native tradition in China. It has..... More

1829. Pair of watercolours with ink and gouache, captioned and dated “Oct 21st, 1829” or “Nov’r 14th, 1829” in ink throughout, 32 x 23.3cm, 27.5 x 18.6cm. Minor foxing and stains. Framed. Captions read “Peruvian Flycatcher, inhabits Paraguay; Crimson Bellied Flycatcher, inhabits N.S. Wales; Duree Finch, inhabits Bengal” and “Banksain..... More

c1830s. Silhouette in black ink wash, captioned in ink on accompanying slip attached to frame verso, 24.1 x 14.8cm. Slight foxing and discolouration. In original Brazilian walnut veneered frame. Caption continues “St George’s Church, Bolton, Lancaster, England.” “Another clerical author, once well known in the town and district of Bolton, was..... More

c1840s. Watercolour, annotated “W.A. Rae” [William Allwood Rae, son of John Rae] in pencil on backing verso, artist’s name and provenance in ink on accompanying old frame backing, 14.3 x 19.5cm. Slight foxing to image, laid down on old backing. Provenance: John Rae collection. Public servant, author and painter John..... More

c1850s. Watercolour and pencil, annotated “Lady Selina Hinde” in pencil verso, 25.4 x 42.1cm. Foxing to centre and upper portion, discolouration and old glue stains to edges. More

c1850s. Watercolour, title on mount below image, 14 x 22.5cm. Framed. “Owing to its location on the shores of Lake Lucerne…Lucerne has long been a destination for tourists…From 1850 to 1913, the population quadrupled and the flow of settlers increased. In 1856 trains first linked the city to Olten and..... More

c1851. Pencil sketch, captioned in image upper left, 13 x 18.8cm. Tears and creases to upper edge, foxing, soiling. Another pencil sketch of an archway attached to a building appears verso. The Australasian Steam Navigation Company was a shipping company which operated between 1839 and 1887. It was “formed from the..... More

c1860s. Watercolour with gouache, monogrammed in image lower left, titled in pencil below image, 18 x 12.9cm. Minor foxing to centre of image, glue stains to edges not affecting image. More

c1850s-1860s. Pencil, ink, wash and white gouache, circular format, obscured initials in ink lower right, titled lower centre in pencil, 32.3cm (diameter). Stains and soiling overall, pinholes, creases, repaired tears and missing portions to edges of image. Laid down on acid-free backing. Provenance: Turner family. Edward Turner, lithographer and publisher..... More

c1863. Pen and ink drawing, 21 x 22cm. Missing portions, tears and stains to edges and image, old glue stains verso. This drawing is a partial study for plate number 4, which was one of the 20 illustrations from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The..... More

1864. Pencil and wash, titled, annotated, dated and initialled “R.A.T.” in pencil lower right, 19 x 31cm. Tears to edges, creases, minor missing portions, slight foxing. Annotation reads “Taken July 13th, 1847 by C. Martens, copied Nov. 27th, 1864.”. More