c1490s. Ink on vellum with illuminated initials in blue, red and brown, and marginalia in brown ink, 17 x 13.3cm (sheet). Double-sided frame. “The book of hours is a Christian devotional book popular in the Middle Ages. It is the most common type of surviving medieval illuminated manuscript.” Ref: Wiki..... More
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
1826. Handwritten copy of original letter in ink, including date “Sydney 19th Jan’y, 1826” and transcription of signature “J.Oxley, Esqre, Surveyor General”, 22.9 x 18.5cm (paper). Minor stains, old folds and creases. Framed. Contemporary copy of a letter from Surveyor Robert Hodder to Surveyor General Oxley, about land being claimed..... More
1831. Hand-written manuscript with folded paper cover, dated in text and signed by vendor and two witnesses, annotated “miscellaneous” in another hand in pencil to cover, 37.4 x 24.2cm (manuscript), 24.3 x 19cm (cover). Water stains, foxing, tears to edges of document, paper loss and soiling to cover. Text on..... More
1839. Letterpress, annotated, dated and signed in ink, 14.5 x 16.7cm. Slight stains, old folds. A physical description of 25-year old prisoner Samuel Barnfield appears verso. More
1840. On one sheet, folded, signed and dated “Oct 8/40” in ink, 19.7 x 25.1cm (paper). Creases and slight tears to edges, old folds, foxing and stains overall. The paper is watermarked “R. Munn & Co. 1837.” Letter addressed to Hon. E.D. Thompson, regarding the AAC, a fund for religious..... More
1842. Letterpress document on parchment with affixed embossed official seal, stamped, inscribed with dates and signed in ink in various hands including Sir George Gipps, Governor-in-Chief, and E.D. Thomson, Colonial Secretary, stamped verso, 35.7 x 44.1cm. Soiling, cockling and old folds overall, minor tears to edges. The land, in the..... More
c1847. Ink and watercolour on paper, titled upper left and annotated in ink verso, 26.5 x 54.3cm. Missing portions including lower half, stains, old folds. Annotation verso reads “Old plan of Liverpool showing lands claimed by Daniel Cooper Esq. through Court of Claims.” Provenance: Daniel Cooper estate. Rare early street..... More
1847. Pencil, ink and watercolour on paper, backed with linen, titled in ink upper right, dated “April 27th 1847” and annotated in pencil upper left, captioned “Plan of Bligh Terrace” in ink verso, 33 x 41.5cm. Six separate panels, laid down on linen. Annotation reads “Portion of the original Camperdown..... More
![Item #CL198-167 Plan Of Littles Wharf, Dowling Street, Wooloomooloo [Sic] Bay [NSW](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL198-167.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1576815155)
1856. Ink and watercolour on paper, dated “August 1st, 1856” and inscribed “William H. Wells, surveyor” in ink lower left, titled in ink verso, 43.3 x 34cm. Old folds. This map shows the early streets around Woolloomooloo in Sydney: Dowling, Duke, Brougham and Victoria Streets. Also notes the site of..... More
1857. Letterpress on parchment paper, inscribed and dated in ink, 21.1 x 22.5cm. Old folds, creases, stains and soiling overall. Inscriptions include “[District] Sandhurst. 16 March 1857. [Issued to] John August Niemann.” This permit was most likely issued to a Johannn August “John” Niemann born in 1836 in Bremen, Germany..... More
1852-1860. Vellum-covered bank pass book with brass clasp and marbled edges, customer’s name inscribed on front cover and title page, with dated transactions in ink throughout, 15.7 x 10cm. Minor foxing and soiling throughout. Handwritten title page includes “The Bank of Australasia, Geelong [Branch]. Dr. to per contra Cr. John..... More
c1860. Albumen paper photograph, and hand-written poem, inscribed “for my ever dearest friend Annie Bisdee Thorne” from “E.H. Dumaresq, Tivoli, Rose Bay, Australia”, 18.2 x 13.2cm (photograph). Added pencil to image, old paper remnants surrounding image, obscuring caption in pencil, laid down on original backing; poem with creases and tears..... More
1873. Handwritten document bound with original cloth tape, seven pages, on paper watermarked “Partridge & Cooper, No. 1 Chancery Lane”, signed and dated in ink by two witnesses in 1873, various signatures replicated in document including that of Governor Charles Augustus Fitz Roy and Governor John Young, 42 x 34cm..... More
1872-1876. Vellum-covered bank pass book, customer’s name inscribed on front cover and title page, with dated transactions in ink throughout, bookbinder’s label pasted on inside endpaper, 16.3 x 10.2cm. Slight foxing to cover. Title page reads “Bank of Tasmania. Dr. to per contra Cr. Mr Richard Thompson, Charles Street. Folio..... More
1878. Ink with watercolour on linen, annotated and dated “12.9.78” in ink by “Hoskisson” in lower portion, 66 x 43cm. Old folds, slight foxing and water stains. Early map showing land owners of the time, including: J. Bootle, J. Burke, P. Byrne, Dargen, J. Desmond, W. Everingham, W. Fuller, J...... More
![Item #CL198-174 New South Head Road And Edgecliffe [Sic] Road, Woollahra And Double Bay, NSW](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL198-174.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1576815160)
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
1883. Red and black ink on tracing paper, titled lower right, dated “May 1883” twice and annotated throughout, 22.2 x 47cm. Repaired lower right corner, old folds, tears. Annotations in ink include reference to owners of land around Rosemont: “Miss Moore, now Mrs Kent. W. Lamb Esq’re, now The Hon..... More
1888. Ink with watercolour on paper, titled in ink upper centre, 54 x 27.5cm. Ink stains to lower portion, old folds. Annotations include “Dawson and Dawson Lic’d Surveyors, 88 Pitt Street, 14/9/88.” Also shows part of Sussex St, Sydney. Provenance: Daniel Cooper estate. Daniel Cooper (1785–1853) was a pardoned convict..... More
1895. Black and red ink and watercolour on linen, titled, annotated and dated “Carl Weber, Surveyor, Wollongong 10/10/95” in ink lower right, 51 x 43.3cm. Old folds, slight stains. Insert of a small map details “Part of Parish of Calderwood” with landowners: J. Brown, John Carrell, Henry Green, J. Moore..... More
c1898. Signed hand-written letter in ink, 42.5 x 38cm (overall). Old discoloured mount. Framed. A typed transcript of the letter is framed alongside two reproduction portraits of Rudyard Kipling (Brit., 1865–1936): a silver gelatin photograph originally taken in 1934, and a newspaper clipping with image captioned “Rudyard Kipling in his..... More
1898. Handwritten letter in ink, dated “11 June [18]98” and signed by Conder, accompanied with pen and ink sketch on letterhead paper by an unknown hand with annotations in ink, 17.9 x 22.5cm (approx. each). Old folds, crinkles, minor tears to edges, soiling, slight foxing. The letter, sent from Freneuse pres..... More
1898-1900. Vellum-covered bank pass book with brass clasp and marbled edges, letterpress endpapers, customer’s name inscribed on front cover and title page, with dated transactions in ink throughout, 16.2 x 10.2cm. Minor soiling to covers. Title page reads “The Bank of Australasia, Port Melbourne Branch, in account current with William..... More
1907. Black and red ink on linen, titled upper right, accompanying letters dated in ink, 31 x 35.5cm. Old folds, stains. Map accompanied by two handwritten letters on printed stationery from “Atchison & Schleicher, Civil Engineers and Surveyors” and one typed page signed from Atchison and Schleicher. The letters, addressed..... More
![Item #CL187-117 Wine Is A Villain, Make No Doubt [Temperance Poem]. Hugh McCrae, Aust](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL187-117.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1496127463)
c1920s. Ink and wash, signed lower left, “H. Fleming” framing label attached to backing verso, 23.4 x 15.7cm. Slight foxing, minor missing portions or tears to edges, old mount burn, laid down on original glue-stained backing. Text continues “Who bolts and bans young Cupid out / Love’s of a lustre..... More