![The Butterflies [Self Portrait]. Alice Muskett, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL166-133.JPG?v=1492487773)
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
1924. Pencil and crayon, signed lower right, various captions in ink and pencil above and below image, stamped “published Apr. 3, ‘24” verso, 31.4 x 14.9cm. Soiling overall, slight tear to upper margin. Captions include “[Urquhart] now on an official visit south.” Frederick Charles Urquhart (1858-1935) was in office between..... More
1925. Pen and ink, signed lower left, various captions in ink and pencil above and below image, stamped “Published Jan. 8, ‘25” verso, 25.9 x 10cm. Soiling overall, pinholes to margins. Cancelled captions include “Sometime Secretary of Victorian State Premier’s Department, who has been given the job of waking up..... More
c1910-c1930s. (1) [Mark Foy’s Building, Sydney], c1910. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 26.2 x 31cm. Slight silvering, minor foxing, crazing. Framed. Mark Foy’s Department Store, known as “The Piazza”, opened in 1909 on the block bounded by Liverpool, Elizabeth and Castlereagh Streets, Sydney. Since 1985 the building has operated as The..... More
![Self-portrait?]. Ron Meadows, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL192-101.JPG?v=1524199135)
c1930s. Charcoal drawing, signed in pencil lower right, 32.1 x 23.3cm. Minor paper loss to image upper left, repaired tears to lower edge, missing portion to right edge. Melbourne-born Ron Meadows “studied at the National Gallery School between 1929 and 1933. In 1934 he was a student at the Melbourne..... More
![Dorothy Thornhill]. Douglas Dundas, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL192-30.JPG?v=1524199209)
1932. Pencil drawing, signed and dated lower right, 28.4 x 23.3cm. Slight foxing and paper loss to image centre. Image depicts the artist’s wife, painter Dorothy Thornhill. Dundas studied at the Sydney Art School with Julian Ashton. In 1927 he won the Society of Artists’ Travelling Scholarship, which enabled him..... More
![Self-portrait]. Oswald Hall, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL192-54.JPG?v=1524199239)
c1940s. Pencil sketch, signed lower right, annotated “Melbourne” in ink below image, 15.5 x 9cm. Stains and foxing overall, tears and creases to edges. Melbourne painter and printmaker Oswald Hall was the son of L. Bernard Hall, a prominent artist. Oswald was influenced by Christian Waller, who shared his interest..... More
![Artist Lloyd Rees]. Arthur Murch, 1902–1989 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL202-46.JPG?v=1619760568)
c1950s. Oil on paper, “The studio of Murch” estate stamp lower right, 30.7 x 25.6cm. Old creases, crinkles, oil stain outline verso. Artists Lloyd Rees and Arthur Murch were members of the Society of Artists, which was an “influential Sydney-based group of progressive artists who staged annual exhibitions from 1895..... More
1953. Ink drawing, captioned, dated “13/10/53” and signed above and below image, 20.8 x 10.1cm. Slight paper loss to image lower centre, stains to corners and image centre left. Caption continues “delivers the address at the Commemoration of Benefactors. University [of Sydney].”. More
1792. Paper slip signed, dated “2nd Dec., 1792” and annotated “Sydney” by Captain Arthur Phillip in ink, with accompanying gouache portrait on vellum, and detached old backing with title in ink verso, 3.8 x 7.3cm (slip); 11.3 x 8.5cm (portrait). The slip has minor foxing and soiling; the portrait has..... More
1900. Pencil drawing, annotated in an unknown hand “By Lionel, 1900”, titled and dated with artist’s name upper right and on backing below image, 15.3 x 9.6cm. Discolouration overall, uneven edges. This is a rare, early portrait of Norman at the age of 21 by older brother Lionel. More
1923. Pen and ink, initialled lower right [Arthur T. Gillam], captioned with publishing annotations in ink and pencil above and below image, signed and dated “19.6.23” in ink with address, and stamped “Published Sept. 6, ‘23” verso, 15.5 x 7.3cm. Soiling overall, pinholes and creases to margins. Artist’s address reads..... More
1924. Pen and ink, signed and captioned lower left and right with various publishing annotations in ink and pencil, stamped “published Oct. 30, 1924” verso, 28.4 x 11.6cm. Time staining, pinholes and creases to margins. More
![Portrait Of A Woman]. Noel Rubie, Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL166-157.JPG?v=1492487789)
1936. Oil on canvas on board, signed and dated lower right, 43.8 x 35.7cm. Original frame. Some of the books in the image bear titles relating to art, along with two books by Llewellyn Powys. More
![Self-Portrait]. Harald Vike, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-167.JPG?v=1486012739)
c1940s. Pencil drawing, signed in ink lower left, 16.7 x 13.2cm. Minor stains to upper left corner. More
![Portrait Of Ezra Pound]. Horace Brodzky, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL166-22.JPG?v=1492485868)
1943. Pen and ink, signed and dated lower right, 28.3 x 24.7cm. Minor creases to image. Framed. More
![C.E.W. Bean [Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean]. Cyril Dubois, fl. 1930s-1950s Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL181-160.JPG?v=1486091712)
1949. Pen and ink with wash and watercolour, signed by Dubois lower right, dated and titled “11-11-49” in another hand in ink below image, 28.3 x 14.7cm. Slight soiling and foxing. Bathurst-born Charles Bean (1879-1968) was an Australian WWI war correspondent and historian. He was the editor of the 12-volume..... More
![Alan Bond]. Rocco Fazzari, b.1959 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL187-169.JPG?v=1496128111)
1987. Pen and ink with white highlight, publishing annotation, signed and dated in pencil and ink above and below image, 37 x 35.4cm. Annotation includes “Page 59, Dec. (87) Bulletin, 50%.” Adelaide-born artist Rocco Fazzari’s illustrative work has been published in the Fairfax press for the past twenty years, as..... More