1646. Five hand-coloured engravings, each with a caption in image and a plate number “215, 237, 247, 389” and “415” upper right, 30 x 20cm (approx. each). Slight creases, tears and stains to uneven margins. Framed. Captions read (1) Limon perettae consimilis, (2) Limon a rivo sev rio, (3) Aurantium..... More

1748. Two engravings, text including plate number, engraver, publisher and date in plate above and below image, 56.7 x 40.2cm (approx. each). Old horizontal fold, tears, stains and slight foxing to margins. Latin text reads (1) “Tab. V. S.F. Ravenet sculp. Impensis J. & P. Knapton, Londini 1748.” This is..... More

1754/1818. Hand-coloured engraving, plate number “67”, artist, title in English and French and text in plate above and below image, 27.3 x 39.7cm. Slight foxing, partially trimmed margins. Text reads “J. van Ryne delin. Publish’d according to Act of Parliament. London, printed for Rob’t Sayer opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street.”..... More

1825. Hand-coloured engraving, artist, engraver, title and number “12” in plate below image, 23.9 x 30cm (paper). Partially trimmed platemark, old tape, slight foxing, missing portions to margins. Text includes “J. Arago [1790–1855] delin’t, Duparc [c1760–c1829] sculp’t.” Held in NGA. Illustrated in Louis de Freycinet’s Voyage Autour du Monde: Entrepris..... More

1842. Pencil drawing, titled and dated lower right, 14 x 22.2cm. Old mount burn. Accompanying this drawing is a portion of the original framing backing noting the artist’s name, title, medium and date in a modern hand in ink. 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

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

c1860s. Pencil with watercolour and gouache housed in a daguerreotype case, initialled “W.M.” in pencil lower right, 5.2 x 8.5cm. Slight foxing to image. Two of the campsite buildings are captioned “police” and “store.”. More

1867. Pencil drawing, titled, initialled twice and dated in pencil lower left and centre, 18.5 x 27.9cm. Slight foxing, minor tears and creases. Claremont in Rose Bay, NSW, was built from 1851 to 1852 for “Bristol-born Sydney businessman George Thorne (1810–1891) who had migrated to Australia in 1840. He married..... More

c1869. Albumen paper photograph, carte-de-visite format, titled in letterpress on backing below image, annotated “Woodward” in pencil with studio line on backing verso, 6 x 10cm. Foxing, laid down on original backing. Studio line reads “James Brothers. London Portrait Studio, Kiama.” Ref: Joseph L. Davis, The James Gang: Illawarra’s earliest..... More

1876. Colour wood engraving with letterpress, signed in block lower left, 52.5 x 40.7cm. Old folds, slight stains, uneven margins. Linen-backed. Text reads “Supplement to The Illustrated Australian News, December 1876.” Image includes a cage with two budgerigars. Held in NLA, NGV. More

1877. Pen and ink with wash, titled, annotated “S.G.D.G.”, dated and signed “par J. Hilbrunmer” in ink lower right, 27.4 x 17.1cm. Old folds, tears, slight foxing, missing portions to margins. This drawing appears to be a design for a flotation survival kit. It includes a knife and a horn..... More

1879. Silver-plated tankard, caption and date engraved on cup, 12.6 x 8.5 x 12.5cm. Oxidation, tarnishing. John Hardie (Aust., 1833–1904) was a miller and baker with an establishment at 516 George Street, Sydney. He was alderman for the Brisbane Ward (between Kent and Sussex Streets, Sydney) from 1 December 1879..... More