Gladesville, Looking Toward Asylum [NSW]
c1880s. Colour lithograph, titled in image lower centre, 12.2 x 22cm. Old vertical fold to right portion, slight foxing overall, trimmed to edges of image. Possibly a view from Victoria Road. More
c1880s. Colour lithograph, titled in image lower centre, 12.2 x 22cm. Old vertical fold to right portion, slight foxing overall, trimmed to edges of image. Possibly a view from Victoria Road. More
c1880s. Letterpress, process screen and line block leaflet, four pages, 27.3 x 21cm (paper, folded). Slight creases overall. Text includes “Bolton Bros., Printers, Bookbinders…Williamson Street, Bendigo [Victoria].” The founder of J.H. Abbott & Co., Joseph Henry Abbott (1830-1904), was a prominent businessman, civic leader and politician. Excited by news of..... More
1880. Etching and aquatint on chine-collé, 25.4 x 17.5cm (image), 36.3 x 27.7cm (plate). From Cupid and Psyche (Opus V), plate 34. Ref: Singer #97. More
1880. Etching and aquatint on chine-collé, 25.5 x 17.5cm (image); 36.3 x 27.6cm (plate). From Cupid and Psyche (Opus V), plate 44. Ref: Singer #107. More
1880/later printing. Drypoint, signed in plate upper right, text including title in plate below image, 20.9 x 8.1cm (image). Missing portion and minor foxing to trimmed plate mark. Text reads “L’Artiste. Imp. L. Eudes.” Ref: Arwas, Félicien Rops, 1972, Exstéens #278. In 1880 Rops travelled through Hungary, a country he..... More
c1870s-1880s. Group of 8 albumen paper photographs, various annotations in pencil verso, including “North view of President’s Mansion”, sizes range from 20.9 x 31.8cm to 21.6 x 33.8cm. Foxing, surface loss, tears and missing portions to edges. Buildings include (1) The Treasury Building (Pennsylvania Ave); (2) The United States Capitol;..... More
c1880s. Group of 9 albumen paper photographs, two titled with one showing photographer’s line and numbered “1068” in negative lower centre and right, one with photographer’s blind stamp “W. Gray” lower right, some titled in pencil verso, sizes range from 14 x 19.9cm to 19.3 x 24.2cm. Foxing, creases, some..... More
c1880s. Group of 30 albumen paper photographs, some with negative number, title, signature and caption “Photo, San Francisco” in negative in lower portion, some titled in ink on backing below image or titled in pencil verso, 8.6 x 14.4cm to 24.3 x 19.5cm. Foxing, creases, tears to edges, some silvering..... More
1880. Etching and aquatint on chine-collé, 25.4 x 17.5cm (image), 36.3 x 27cm (plate). From Cupid and Psyche (Opus V), plate 28. Ref: Singer #91. Cupid and Psyche is a love story about overcoming obstacles from the novel Metamorphoses written in the 2nd century by Apuleius. During the Renaissance his..... More
1880. Pair of hand-coloured wood engravings, 22.7 x 32.9cm; 24.4 x 22.3cm. Creases, repaired tears to edges, slight soiling and foxing. Captions for one image read “No. 1 General view: night attack by the police on the inn; No. 2 After the fight: Ned Kelly wounded, lying at the railway..... More
c1880. Albumen paper photograph, titled in ink on backing below image, 15.5 x 20.2cm. Minor surface scuffs, slight stains and discolouration to upper edge, laid down on original backing. The National Library of Australia holds a postcard of this image, hand-coloured prior to reproduction. Lake Tyers Mission, also known as..... More
c1880. Albumen paper photograph, captioned in pencil verso, 19.4 x 15cm. Minor crinkles overall, small chips and repaired tears to edges of image. Caption continues “(Euc. amygdalina) at alt. 2430’, Div. Range. Height 300’, girth at 2’ up 64’.”. More
c1880. Albumen paper photograph, captioned in ink on accompanying slip from original album, 15.5 x 20.8cm. Discolouration to edges of image, laid down on original backing. Caption continues “Victr [Victoria]. 56 feet girth, 450 [feet] high, 1200 years old.” Held in National Museum of Australia, with the comment “‘Big Ben’..... More
c1880s. Group of four albumen paper photographs, each annotated in pencil verso, 5.8 x 9.5cm to 10.9 x 16.1cm. All with minor crinkles, silvering, discolouration or stains, two with missing portions or repaired tears. Annotations include “N. Police boat, Herbert River”, “Planter’s residence, Herbert River” and “[?] Creek, Kennedy District.”..... More
1864-c1880s. Group of three albumen paper photographs, each titled in ink on backing below image, 11.4 x 8.5cm to 12.1 x 19.7cm. Slight foxing, each tipped to original backing. Provenance: Christies, London, 1997. The portrait of George Sand was taken by French photographer Nadar (1820-1910). Sold as a group of..... More
1878/1880. Colour lithograph, signed and dated in image with printer’s line and “The Art Union of Victoria” blindstamp lower right, 50.1 x 72.5cm. Repaired tears and perforations to image centre, upper left and edge, minor creases and scuffing. Printer’s line reads “Sands & McDougall Chromo Lithographers, Melbourne.” Held in NGV;..... More
1880. Letterpress pamphlet, annotated and dated “Election 7th July 1880” in ink below, 20.6 x 13.4cm. Trimmed edges, minor creases, stains. Text includes “(Air–HMS Pinafore): When Murray came to this sunny shore, He wrought very hard to improve his store…His efforts were rewarded so triumphantly, that he longed to be..... More
c1880s. Watercolour with gouache, signed “G.W. Whiter” in pencil lower left, titled in ink in another hand on original accompanying label mounted below image, 43.2 x 59cm. Minor paper loss to image edges. One of the last ships built for the New Zealand Shipping Company, the Scottish-built Wanganui made her..... More
c1880s. Double-sided colour lithograph, 9.5 x 16.8cm. Minor paper remnants to both sides. Text includes “May all your friends be kind and true this Merry Christmas Day. Gibbs, Shallard & Co.” One side depicts a cockatoo in a cage, a shield with an Aboriginal face flanked by spears, coral and..... More
c1880s. Double-sided colour lithograph, 11.1 x 13.8cm. Minor paper loss to image verso. Text includes “Life has cares and many sorrows, and they stand about our path as the grim Australian warrior in the way. Face and fight them like a Briton, they will vanish in their wrath. And the..... More
c1880s. Two printing-out paper photographs, cabinet card format, studio line on backing left or right, 9.5 x 14.4cm (approx. each). Scuffing, indentations, laid down on original backing. Studio line reads “Stevens & Co., Wilcannia and Silverton.” One image depicts a camel team in front of “Frew, Wright & Co. Wine..... More
c1880. Ink and watercolour on linen, annotated “Reuss & Halloran, Architects & Surveyors, 100 Pitt Street” in ink lower right, 33.2 x 44cm. Old folds, slight foxing. Map shows early landowners of the area, including F. Giles, John Hay, Lennon, G.A. Lloyd, Manning, Nott, S. Thompson, and I.E. Threlkeld. The..... More
c1880s. Two scenes in oil on ostrich egg, 15 x 40cm (height x circumference). Minor paint loss to both scenes. The view of Tabletop Mountain includes fishing and sailing boats dotting the harbour. The other scene shows a Cape Malay man wearing geta sandals and carrying two baskets on a...... More
c1880. Soft-cover catalogue with lithographic illustrations and letterpress text, Australian distributor’s wet stamp throughout, 34.5 x 27cm. Well worn from age and handling, front cover detached, back cover missing, tears, creases, missing portions with perforations, some pages secured with old string. Cover includes publisher’s line “Palm, Fechteler & Co. Chicago, New..... More
1881. Pencil with gouache, initialled, dated and titled lower left to right, 10.3 x 15.9cm. Slight foxing. Framed. More