1635/c1690. Engraving with etching, reverse copy, artist’s name and engraver “Pacot” in plate lower right and below image, 35.9 x 46.4cm. Trimmed to platemark, repaired corners upper and lower right, minor tears to edges, foxing overall. French text includes dedication to “A Monseigeneur l’Abbe Bignon Conseiller d’Etat ordinaire, et President..... More
1799. Hand-coloured engraving, four sheets, text including title, date “Feb. 2, 1799” and publisher’s line in cartouche upper left corner, 106.1 x 124.1cm. Repaired tears, missing portions, old folds. Linen-backed. Text continues “with the European possessions and settlements in the East Indies and an exact delineation of all the discoveries..... More
![New Panorama…A Startling Interrogation, [Emigration]. William Heath, 1795–1840 British](/pictures/thumb/CL201-4.jpg?v=1611728308)
1829. Hand-coloured etching and engraving, artist’s monogram, title, date and publisher’s line in plate below image, 24.6 x 35cm. Trimmed to platemark, tipped to old backing. Publisher’s line reads “Published April 1829 by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, where complete sets of P. Pry caricatures may be had.” This image is..... More
c1838. Hand-coloured aquatint, text including artist, engraver, title and publisher in plate below image, 44.7 x 63cm (platemark). Slight foxing to image. Framed. Title continues “Forming the first of a series of views of that colony now preparing for publication.” Text includes “Drawn by Colonel W. Light. Engraved by Robert..... More
c1840s. Lithograph, annotated in ink and pencil with printed text below image and verso, 17.7 x 23.7cm. Surface soiling, stains and slight foxing, laid down on original album page. Text includes “drawn by J. Ellis. Printed by T. Liley.” Annotations in ink read “Looking west” and “P.D.V. xv Regt” below..... More
c1842. Tinted lithograph, proof, 18.5 x 26.7cm. Trimmed to image, lower corners missing. This uncommon proof is a variant image to the lithograph included in the 1842 publication Sydney Illustrated. This image is held in the Australian National Maritime Museum, with comments including “Located close to the initial British settlement..... More
![“Sydney Illustrated” [Views Of Sydney Harbour]. John Skinner Prout, 1805–1876 Brit](/pictures/thumb/CL201-10_1.jpg?v=1611728286)
1842. Three tinted lithographs, one signed lower right, 18.5 x 28.7cm (approx. each). Trimmed to image, lacking titles, lower corners missing. Sydney Illustrated titles read (1) Sydney Cove looking north; (2) Sydney, from Mrs Darling’s Point [signed lower right]; and (3) New Government House, Sydney.” Held in NGA; SLNSW. More
1856. Letterpress and ink, inscribed and dated “December 25, 1856” in ink, 20.8 x 22.1cm. Old folds, stains and minor perforations. This certificate, No. 226, was issued to “Hy [Henry] Bazin” in the district of Creswick for the cost of one pound. During the mid-19th century the gold output from..... More
c1859. Albumen paper print, carte-de-visite format, titled in pencil verso, 5.8 x 8.8cm. The St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company in 1859 constructed a loop line from St Kilda to Windsor. This line passed through Albert Park and crossed St Kilda Road not far from Union Street west by an..... More
c1863. Pen and ink drawing, 21 x 22cm. Missing portions, tears and stains to edges and image, old glue stains verso. This drawing is a partial study for plate number 4, which was one of the 20 illustrations from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The..... More
1872. Colour lithograph, trade card, text includes publisher’s line “Warner Johnson & Co. Buffalo & New York”, 9.3 x 6.1cm. Irregular margins, minor creases, soiling to surface. Held in National Library of Australia, with the comment “[This is a] trade card, possibly issued by P.T. Barnum, based on a carte-de-visite..... More
1875. Albumen print photograph, carte-de-visite format, annotated in ink and dated “September 19th 1875” in pencil verso, 10.5 x 6.5cm. Bumped corners. Annotation reads “Costume of the diggers in P.D. [Port Darwin]. All the gentlemen dress just like they do in Melbourne. Mr Solomen [sic]” and in another hand “September..... More
1884. Lithograph, estate plan, 39 x 47.5cm. Repaired tears and old folds, strikethrough from handwritten text in ink verso. The plan includes printer’s line “J. Allan Lithog., 2 Bridge St. [Sydney]” and shows named streets, landowners, numbered and measured portions and allotments, Toxteth House and “pleasure grounds”, chapel, garden, paddock..... More
![Late Reverend [John] Hartford Plant And Native Teachers, Melanesian Mission](/pictures/thumb/CL201-17.jpg?v=1611728289)
1891. Albumen paper print, captioned and dated in ink on original mount below image, 9.6 x 11.6cm. Minor missing portions to edges, slight discolouration, creases. In 1885, Reverend J.H. Plant joined the Melanesian Mission. He died in 1891 some time after this photograph was taken. The people surrounding Plant were..... More
c1896. Colour lithograph, accompanied with original postal tube, text below image, 71.1 x 48.9cm. Foxing and ragged edges to margins, slight handling creases. Text includes “From the original painting by the late Sir John E. Millais…President of the Royal Academy in the possession of Messrs Pear. The postal tube, dated..... More
c1900. Letterpress text, 17.5 x 11cm. Missing portions to edges and lower right partially affecting text, stains, foxing, creases. The poem, consisting of six stanzas, is by a C.H. Cracknell, with the comment “In aid of a distressed family.” The first and last stanzas read “Australia’s sons, rise to the..... More
![“The Discontented ‘Roo” [Poem]. Harry Garlick, 1878–1910 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL201-20.jpg?v=1611728293)
1903. Ink and wash with highlight, artwork for publication, three handwritten stanzas, signed and dated lower centre, 35.4 x 29.5cm. Foxing, discolouration, laid down on original backing. Framed. This illustrated poem was published in the The Town and Country Journal, Christmas issue, 1903. The verses read “‘Alas’, sighed the ‘Roo..... More
1905. Silver gelatin photograph, letterpress text on backing above and below image, 19 x 13.2cm. Repaired tears and missing portions, crinkles, laid down on original backing. Provenance: Fred Lane estate. Text includes “H.W. [sic] Baker, F.C.V. Lane (Capt.), C. Healy, A. Wickham, R. Baker. World’s record time: 5 min. 17..... More
c1908. Printing-out paper, captioned and signed in ink on backing below image, 19.6 x 14.5cm. Edges of photograph lifting away from slightly foxed backing. Born in Jimbour, Queensland, Adolphus William Lund was the eldest son of August Lund (1840–1924), who was a leading business figure and citizen in Gin Gin..... More
c1910/1912. Composite vintage silver gelatin photograph, text with two dates and typed label in image from lower left to right, 14.6 x 20.2cm. Laid down on original backing. Text includes “Left [Union Jack] at the Pole” and “Dec. 1910.” Label reads “Captain Scott’s Message. These rough notes and our dead..... More
c1910 & 1916. Sheet music for two compositions, lithograph covers, both dedicated to “Ernest Truman” and signed in ink on the cover, one is dated “July 2, 1932”, 36 x 26cm (approx. each). Both have minor tears to edges, one has stains and foxing. Dedications include “To Ernest Truman whose..... More
1916. Silver gelatin photograph, press print, caption, date “Jan. 22, 1916” and text which includes “from the N.Y.H. Service” and “Amer. Ant. Soc.” stamped verso with attached small newspaper clipping with same caption, 16.7 x 21.6cm. Minor creases and tears to corners and edges. This photograph, originating from the New..... More
c1910/1920s. Hand-carved wood, 33 x 80 x 5cm. Chips to edges, aged and soiled surface with remains of old gilding. Unlike most early 20th century winged wheel emblems for motor cars, this wheel with spokes does not have a tyre, suggesting that it is a representation of a railway train..... More
![Young Girl With Dog By A River]. Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, 1888– 1960 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL201-30.jpg?v=1611728300)
c1920s. Pen, ink and wash drawing, illustration for a publication, initialled “I.R.O.” lower right, 20 x 15.5cm. Slight foxing below image. Framed. Melbourne-born Ida Rentoul (later Outhwaite) was a highly popular internationally-recognised Australian children’s fantasy illustrator, who held at least 18 one-woman exhibitions over her lifetime. During her long career..... More
![Frog Teacher Leading Elf Pupils While Fairy Looks On With Opera Glasses]. Ida Rentoul Outhwaite,...](/pictures/thumb/CL201-31.jpg?v=1611728300)
c1920s. Watercolour with pen and ink, signed in ink lower right, 28.6 x 45.1cm. Slight foxing to lower foreground. Framed. Melbourne-born Ida Rentoul (later Outhwaite) was a highly popular internationally-recognised Australian children’s fantasy illustrator, who held at least 18 one-woman exhibitions over her lifetime. During her long career, Outhwaite illustrated..... More