![Riverbank, South Coast, NSW]. Samuel Elyard, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL176-30.JPG?v=1492661049)
1873. Watercolour and gouache, signed and dated in ink lower right, 32.7 x 23.2cm. Repaired tears to upper left corner, repaired tears and missing portion to centre of lower edge. Influenced by his teacher John Skinner Prout and by Conrad Martens, Elyard’s preferred subjects were picturesque buildings, street scenes and..... More
1873. Watercolour, signed, dated “8 March 1873” and captioned in pencil, partially legible annotation “Double Bay…sketch” in watercolour lower right, 34.1 x 50.4cm. Slight foxing, repaired minor tears to edges and upper right corner. More
1874. Pencil drawing with watercolour, captioned and dated “4/Oct./74” lower left to right, 11.8 x 20cm. Discolouration, stains, missing portions to edges not affecting image. More
1874. Pair of hand-coloured lithographs, artist, lithographer, title and text below image, 37.7 x 67.5cm (approx. each). Vertical crease running through centre of one image, with minor tears to lower left corner; slight foxing and surface loss overall. Framed. Text includes “C.R. Rickett pinxt. Maclure & Macdonald, lith’rs, London. Ocean..... More
![To The Fairy Bower [Manly, NSW]. E L. Montefiore, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-122.JPG?v=1486012704)
1877. Pencil drawing with white highlight and wash, panorama in two parts, captioned centre right, initialled and dated “11/8/77” lower right, 12.4 x 29.4cm. Slight creases to joined edges, soiling to image upper centre and lower right, minor foxing. Laid down on acid-free paper. From a sketchbook with two different..... More
![Cumberland Street, Sydney [The Rocks]. George Collingridge, Brit./Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-25.JPG?v=1486091830)
1880. Oil on board, signed lower right, titled, dated and signed in ink verso, 24 x 15.5cm. Framed. European-trained George Alphonse Collingridge de Tourcey was a prominent wood engraver, painter, teacher and historian. Along with his brother, Arthur, he co-founded the Royal Art Society of NSW in 1880, and the..... More
1881. Pencil with gouache, initialled, dated and titled lower left to right, 10.3 x 15.9cm. Slight foxing. Framed. More
![The Hunter [River] At Maitland [NSW]. A. H. Fullwood, Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL194-61.jpg?v=1543548692)
c1886. Watercolour with gouache, signed with partially obscured annotation lower right, annotated and titled in ink and pencil in various hands verso, 26 x 40.9cm. Slight paper loss and stains, old mount burn. Annotation reads “A.H. Fullwood: West Maitland (illustration to Picturesque Atlas of Australasia).” Fullwood contributed at least three..... More
![Reciprocal Log-rolling [Henry Parkes, Centennial Park]. Livingston Hopkins, Amer./Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL194-63.JPG?v=1543548694)
c1887. Pen and ink, signed lower right, captioned in ink in image and in pencil below, 27.5 x 45.7cm. Minor perforations, paper loss and repaired tears, slight foxing and ink stains. Laid down on acid-free paper. Captions in ink read “Centennial graveyard scheme” and “Payment of Members Bill.” The two..... More
1887. Four ink and wash drawings, three mounted together, one with a verse monogrammed “C.J.H.” and dated lower right, 19 x 12.3cm to 12.6 x 20.2cm. Slight stains, old mount burn. Three of the images show stockmen in a settler’s hut, playing cards and drinking whiskey, ending in a brawl..... More
![A Winter Evening, Lane Cove [NSW]. William Charles Piguenit, 1836–1914 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL199-45.jpg?v=1585635227)
1888. Pen and ink, titled and signed in an unknown hand in pencil and publishing annotation “3/2” in colour pencil in lower margin, 7.5 x 12.5cm. Pinholes and minor tears to margins, slight foxing overall. This ink drawing by Piguenit was created as an illustration of his oil painting of..... More
1889. Watercolour and pencil, titled and dated in pencil on accompanying portion of original mount, 17.7 x 25.1cm. Slight foxing, old mount burn. Shows Castle Hill or Cootharinga, a “heritage-listed pink granite monolith which dominates the Townsville skyline.” Ref: Wiki; NLA. More
c1890. Watercolour and gouache on card, 28.4 x 21.3cm. Minor foxing and stains, soiling, pinholes to margins. Scarce original Australian design for a photograph album page. More
c1830s/1890s. Watercolour with pencil, 33.6 x 56.1cm. Foxing overall, slight tears, surface loss, paper remnants, missing portions and old mount burn to edges of image. In 1888 there was renewed interest in the history of Australia due to the centenary of British settlement, and pictures depicting early views of Sydney..... More
1890s. Gouache, initialled “C.H.S.” and titled lower left to centre, 10.5 x 15cm. Minor soiling to margins. Provenance: Canadian collector. Depicts idyllic campsite in Australia, most likely for the purpose of impressing an overseas audience. More
![Dry Doggerel [George Reid, PM]. Livingston Hopkins, American/Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL174-43.JPG?v=1492653954)
c1890. Pen and ink with wash, signed and captioned lower right, 34.6 x 30.5cm. Foxing and soiling overall, missing portion and tear to lower edge. George Reid was Australia’s fourth Prime Minister, from 1904 to 1905. More
c1890s. Ink and wash with letterpress text overlays, 11 panels, titled and signed “Drew by Hop’s Understudy” upper centre and lower right, 44 x 28.7cm. Minor soiling, discolouration. This drawing, which shows caricatures by Hopkins of himself both as a young boy and as an older man, was used for..... More
c1890s. Oil on canvas with watercolour, ink and gold paint, 40.5 x 56cm. Framed. Consists of an elaborate series of 20 vignettes which surround the central beachscape. The vignettes depict landscape and water views, including Boydtown [South Coast, NSW], North Head [Sydney Harbour], and Cremorne Wharf with ferry. Portraits include..... More
![Four Drawings Of Personages]. G R. Ashton, 1857-c1942 Brit./Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL187-68_1.JPG?v=1496122662)
c1890s. Group of four charcoal and pencil drawings, all titled and signed in image upper and lower left, two numbered “12” on old collection sticker lower right, sizes range from 33.8 x 12cm to 44 x 14.2cm. All with foxing overall, slight tears and missing portions to edges. (1) “Princess”..... More
![Portrait Of A Man In Front Of A Doric Column]. A. H. Fullwood, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL192-43.JPG?v=1524199228)
c1890s. Pencil drawing, signed lower left, 21 x 16.9cm. Minor surface loss and indentations to image centre, creases and tears to edges. Possibly a self-portrait. More
c1860s-1890s. Eighteen (18) watercolours, some with gouache or white highlight, two signed (one signature obscured by missing portion) and one dated “Oct. ‘80” lower left, 19.1 x 29.5cm to 63.8 x 47.1cm. Slight foxing overall, some with missing portions, repaired tears or minor creases. Six images laid down on acid-free..... More
![Sandy Bay [Tasmania]. Attrib. W. H. Raworth, Brit./Aust./NZ](/pictures/thumb/CL194-40.jpg?v=1543548676)
c1870s-1890s. Pencil and wash, annotated and captioned in pencil upper right, 41.7 x 59.4cm. Old vertical fold, minor creases, some perforations to image, tears to edges. Annotations include notes for colours such as “Grey clouds, some sky near horizon. Water greyish colour, breeze south-west. P. Sienna sea weed on some..... More
![Australian Magpie and Laughing Kookaburra]. J M. Cantle, 1849–1919 Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL198-36_1.JPG?v=1576815222)
c1890s. Two watercolours, signed lower centre or right, 36 x 26.2cm (each). Slight foxing. Both in original frames with new mounts. John Mitchell Cantle was an architectural draughtsman and railway surveyor, but is best known as an ornithological painter, illustrator, cartoonist and postcard designer. Ref: SLNSW. More
c1890s. Watercolour and ink drawing, captioned in image, 40 x 23.4cm. Tear from upper left edge through upper portion of image, stains, slight foxing, old mount burn. This proclamation “presents a four-strip pictogram that attempts to explain the idea of equality under the law. Those who committed violent crimes in..... More
![Sketch Of Horses With Rider]. Frank Prout Mahony, 1862–1916 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL199-52.JPG?v=1585635231)
c1890s. Oil on card, posthumous studio stamp verso, 21.6 x 46.2cm. Slight scuffing. Provenance: Frank P. Mahony estate. Mahony’s work is well represented in the AGNSW. Australian-born Federation-era painter, illustrator and Bulletin cartoonist Frank Mahony is best known for images of the bush. Early in his career in Australia, before..... More