1797. Hand-coloured aquatint, faint annotation in pencil below image, 48.1 x 65.2cm. Slight crinkles and soiling, minor cracking to plate mark, chips and repaired tears to margins. Rare proof before text is added. Shows the area of Chennai now known as George Town or Muthialpet. Image held in the British Library..... More

1808. Hand-coloured etching, text including artist, engraver, title and date in plate below image, 17.1 x 26.6cm. Repaired tears to image and margins. Laid down on acid-free paper. Text includes “Woodward del, Rowlandson fc. Pub. by T. Tegg, 111, Cheapside, Feb. 8, 1808.” Image held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art..... More

c1840s. Colour woodcut, printed on two sheets, signed with Japanese characters, censor’s and printer’s seals in block lower left, poem in Japanese characters in image upper left to right, 65.5 x 22.2cm. Slight soiling and repaired chips to edges. Laid down on acid-free paper. The poem, Morning Glory, is a haiku..... More

c1854. Lithograph, text including captions, name of lithographer and surveyors, annotated in ink on image upper right and verso, 54.3 x 39.8cm. Missing portions, tears, stains, old folds. Text includes “J. Allan Lithog., 23 Bridge St. Brownrigg & Roe, Surveyors.” Annotations include “Day of sale, Monday, 13 Nov[ember], Mort’s Rooms.” The..... More

1878. Twelve of 13 soft-cover booklets in letterpress and lineblock, No. 4 with lithographic frontispiece, 22 x 13.5cm (approx. each). Loose cover with missing portions to No.1, minor wear to some covers, foxing. Text includes “from authentic sources and the personal reminiscences of an old colonist, with an appendix of choice..... More

1888. Oil on canvas, signed and dated “’88” lower right, 50.7 x 38cm. Wear to edges of canvas. Balmain-born Percy Spence “grew up in Fiji and began art classes in Sydney in about 1888. Spence built his reputation on black-and-white drawings for The Bulletin and other publications. He was a founding..... More

c1906. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, inscribed to “H.H. Wallace”, dated “31.5.06” and signed by Goldie in ink on original backing below image, 18.6 x 15.3cm. Discolouration, laid down on original backing with repaired corners and wear to edges. Inscription in Maori reads “Kia H.H. Wallace. Haere ra – kia ora. Tou..... More

c1910. Ink and wash, gouache and pencil on board, captioned and signed in image lower centre, 40.6 x 32.1cm. Cracks and minor missing portion to corners. This illustration is the original artwork for an advertisement for Schweppes, which most likely appeared in the publication The Lone Hand. More

c1915. Collection of five illustrations consisting of an affixed colour process print reproducing a Leason painting, bordered by an original pen and ink drawing by Leason, each drawing is signed with one dated “1915” lower right, 18.6 x 14.5cm (approx. each). Slight foxing. Framed. These five drawings are part of the..... More

1919. Pair of flags with stencil on cotton fabric with wooden handles, 29 x 40cm, 29.5 x 35cm. Slight soiling, old wear and stains. Text reads “Victory. 1919. Peace” on one flag with blue stencilled background on white cloth, and “Welcome Home” on the other flag with gold stencilled lettering on purple..... More

c1920s. Pair of vintage silver gelatin photographs, panorama format, each with studio wet or blind stamp on original backing below image, 11.4 x 49.7cm, 11.4 x 50.3cm. Foxing, silvering, minor surface loss and chips to edges. One stamp reads “R.P. Moore, 379 Kent St, Sydney”; the other stamp includes the same details..... More

c1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, studio line in ink lower right, annotated in faded ink on label and “Longworth” in white chalk to old backing on frame, 38.1 x 87.8cm. Silvering and minor surface loss to left portion, foxing to image. Original frame with fragile paper backing. Studio line reads “Hall..... More

1921. Colour woodcut, signed in pencil on image lower right, annotated “copyright”, dated and numbered “35” in pencil in lower margin, 40.1 x 24.8cm. Slight cockling to edges and old mount burn. Laid down on acid-free tissue. Also known as A Merry Little Breeze. This image is listed in Gravalos, Bertha..... More