![Man In A High Cap [Portrait Of Rembrandt’s Father]. Rembrandt van Rijn, 1606–1669 Dutch](/pictures/thumb/CL203-1.jpg?v=1633911425)
1630/c1800 impression. Etching, initialled and dated in plate upper left, 10.1 x 8.5cm. Ref: Bartsch #321/iii/iii, Hind #22/iii/iii, Nowell-Usticke #321/v/vi. This etching was made the year Rembrandt’s father died. A prosperous miller and a supportive father of nine children, Harmen Gerritszoon van Rijn (1568–1630) was the model for numerous paintings..... More
c1860s. Iron and wood, partially obscured typed text on label affixed to base, 32 x 19.7 x 26cm. Minor oxidation to metal parts, surface loss to label. Label reads “[Origi]nal Design 1860. By Langlands Bros, Port Phillip Foundry. Hanna St, South Melbourne [Victoria]. This is a rare working demonstration model..... More
![The Band Of Gold No. 2 Shaft, Skipton Street, Ballarat, Victoria]. William Bardwell,...](/pictures/thumb/CL203-3.jpg?v=1633911473)
c1869. Albumen paper photograph, carte-de-visite format, “Bardwell’s Royal Studio” photographer’s line printed on backing below image and verso, 6 x 8.5cm. Slight stains and soiling, laid down on original backing. The photographer’s line includes “[Studio] opposite theatre, Ballarat. By special appointment to HRH the Duke of Edinburgh.” The photograph shows..... More
![Treasury Building, Melbourne]. Charles Nettleton, 1826–1902 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL203-4.jpg?v=1633911498)
c1870s. Albumen paper photograph, carte-de-visite format, “C. Nettleton” photographer’s line printed on backing verso, 6.1 x 8.6cm. Laid down on original backing. Photographer’s line includes “Photographed by C. Nettleton, Prize Medallist, 1, Madeline Street, Melbourne.” Considered to be one of Australia’s “finest Renaissance Revival” buildings, the Treasury Building was designed..... More
1873. Group of three tickets in a currency format, each stamped with a number in red ink in upper portion, 8.2 x 18.1cm. Minor creases. Each ticket resembles a bank note and has a different value of one, two or five, indicating the number of rides valid for travel on..... More
![Hobart Town [Tasmania]. A C. Cooke, 1836–1902 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL203-7.jpg?v=1633911525)
1879. Wood engraving, artist and date in block lower left, 37.4 x 53cm. Slight foxing and discolouration, old folds, uneven margins. This bird’s-eye view of Hobart and Mount Wellington was published in The Australasian Sketcher, 10 May 1879. Image held in the National Gallery of Australia. More
c1880s. Albumen paper photograph, 15.3 x 21.1cm. Stains to upper portion, discolouration to edges, minor cockling, some paper loss verso. Photograph shows four women and one man, seated with sorted tubers in what appears to be a coastal area. One of the objects on the ground among the tubers appears..... More
1873/1890s. Group of three works consisting of one image printed in three different mediums: (1) Albumen paper photograph, numbered “8” in negative lower right, 19.6 x 14.3cm. Slight silvering to edges, old retouching; (2) Toned silver gelatin photograph with trimmed caption “Australian Ab[originals” in negative lower right, 41.1 x 20.8cm..... More
c1890s. Group of six colour lithographs, each with text including caption and name of printer below image, sizes range from 41 x 36.5cm to 44.1 x 41.2cm. Cropped margins, repairs to edges and corners, slight discolouration and crinkles, minor surface loss. Text in each image includes “S.T. Leigh & Co...... More
c1900. Printout paper photograph, titled in pencil verso, 21.7 x 28.7cm. Crease with cracking, repaired tears and surface loss to left edge. The image appears to be posed, showing two Aboriginal families, and several dogs. Nine of the children are standing on the left, two women with one child are..... More
c1900. Pair of printout paper photographs, panorama format, each captioned in pencil verso, 9 x 30.7cm (approx. each). Minor chips to edges. One image shows pedestrians, trams and horse-drawn carts (including one loaded with wool bales) at Circular Quay, looking east towards Customs House; the other image shows the northern..... More
![Crimes Et Châtiments [Crime And Punishment]. Félix Vallotton, 1865–1925 Swiss/French](/pictures/thumb/CL203-19_1.jpg?v=1633911455)
1902. Twenty-three original colour lithographs published in the periodical L’Assiette au Beurre, each initialled in image lower left or right and captioned in French below image, 26.8 x 20.5cm (illustrations, approx. each) and 32.4 x 25.5cm (periodical). Discolouration and chips to edges of cover. Extremely rare special issue in good..... More
1905. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s blind stamp “S. Cocks Photo” below image on backing, captioned and dated in a later hand in pencil on backing verso, 14.8 x 20cm. Slight silvering, minor chips to edges, laid down on original backing. Photographer’s work held in State Library of NSW. In..... More
1907. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, postcard format, 8.7 x 13.7cm. Slight foxing and discolouration to upper portion. Banner on float at centre of image reads “Q’land Railway Union. 1907.” In 1907, there were 26 unions in existence in Queensland, with a membership of 11,236. Ref: Hunt, Labour in North Queensland..... More
c1913. Set of 28 wooden puzzle blocks, each covered with colour lithographic images and text, in original box with two illustrated colour lithographic keys, one pasted to lid, one loose sheet, title and artist on cover of case, text in puzzle images on blocks, 23 x 38.8 x 6.8cm (case)..... More
![Victorian Rangers And Band, High St, Maryborough [Victoria]. O F. Plucke, 1861–1948 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL203-23.jpg?v=1633911467)
c1914. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, captioned in negative lower left, signed “O.F. Plucke, Maryborough” in ink on backing below image, 10.8 x 15cm. Laid down on original backing. The Victorian Rangers in this image may be going off to WWI. The Victorian Rangers was a volunteer regiment that was first..... More
1915. Typed letter on “Tyrrell’s Limited” letterhead signed and annotated by bookseller James R. Tyrrell, and “Henry Lawson” autograph in ink on slip of ledger paper affixed with a pin to the letter, 26.5 x 21.2cm (letter) and 7.1 x 20.8cm (slip). Faded typed text, old folds, creases, foxing and..... More
c1915. Process screen and letterpress, captions throughout image, artist name “Cynicus” and publishers’ lines from Edinburgh and Sydney below image, 37.1 x 23.9cm. Tears, creases, slight foxing and chips to edges of wide margins. Various anti-war sentiments are captioned throughout image. Other text includes a quotation from the bible concerning..... More
1915. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, postcard format, titled in white ink on image lower centre, postmarked and inscribed in ink verso, including date “25-2-15”, 8.8 x 13.9cm. Ink mark and paper remnant to image centre and lower left, minor wear to edges. The postcard, from George H. of Queanbeyan, NSW..... More
![Sportsman’s Recruiting Day, Queanbeyan [NSW]. George Samuel Percival, 1889–1962 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL203-28_1.jpg?v=1633911471)
1917. Pair of vintage silver gelatin photographs, postcard format, one captioned and dated “15.8.17” in negative lower centre and photographer’s stamp verso, 8.7 x 13.7cm (approx. each). Slight scuff upper left, pinhole lower right. Stamp reads “Photo by [obscured] Percival, Queanbeyan.” Text on the float at the left edge of..... More
c1920s. Group of five hand-painted cameo-shaped porcelain brooch panels, one with caption in image, each signed and some numbered verso, either in paint or embossed, sizes from 2.9 x 3.5cm to 5 x 3.8cm. Caption reads “Oh! Wild black swan, ‘twere a world of wonder at night to join in..... More
![Bookplate Design Of 18th Century English Palanquin Procession]. Clive Wallis, 1909–1983 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL203-30.jpg?v=1633911473)
c1920s. Pencil drawing, stamped facsimile artist’s signature lower right, 59.1 x 55.9cm (paper). Slight foxing overall, paper remnants to upper edge. Provenance: Clive Wallis estate auction in Hunters Hill,1988. This rare drawing for a bookplate design was created in a large format to facilitate a more finely detailed image, which..... More
c1920s. Album containing eight vintage silver gelatin photographs, 9 x 11.9cm (approx. each image) and 15.3 x 21.3 x 1cm (album). Slight foxing to album and some images, a few with silvering, one image loose and creased, others laid down on album pages. The mobile dental surgery was operated by..... More
![At An Art Show [Lambert Exhibition At Fine Art Society Gallery, Melbourne]. Percy Leason,...](/pictures/thumb/CL203-32.jpg?v=1633911474)
1921. Pen and ink with wash and pencil, signed and dated in ink and pencil upper right, publishing annotations in ink to margins and verso, titled in pencil by Leason and annotated in ink in another hand verso, 26 x 42.3cm. Slight foxing overall, missing portion, rubbing, pinholes and tears..... More
1923. Pair of linocuts, each initialled in block lower left; one editioned 24/50 and the other 24/35, both titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 27.2 x 21.9cm (approx. each). Slight foxing and stains, minor crinkles, repaired tears to margins. The Ring is held in the National Gallery of..... More