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

c1920s. Group of five colour lithographs, signed in image lower left or right, sizes range from 61 x 40.5cm to 63 x 68.6cm. Soiling, creases, cracking, surface loss and missing portions, laid down on original cloth backing. Subjects cover: (1) Chauffeur-driven automobile outside a hotel; (2) Street scene in a small-town square;..... More

c1920s. Woodcut, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 38.7 x 41.7cm. Slight crinkles to margins. The vantage point for this view was from the Ulm Minster (161.5 m/530 ft), which is currently the tallest church building in the world. Construction of the church began in 1377 and was completed..... More

1920. Watercolour, titled, signed and dated lower left to right, 30.4 x 44.6cm. Slight discolouration to upper left corner, repaired minor perforations to upper right and lower centre. Original frame. Born in England, Frederick James 'Fred’ Elliott “worked as a lithographic artist in the Queensland Government Printing Office from July 1896..... More

c1918/1922. Colour woodcut, titled and signed in pencil with faint text and copyright date in letterpress in lower margin, 51.6 x 38.2cm. Slight rubbing and soiling to margins and verso. Text reads “Copyright USA 1922.” This image is illustrated in Holden, Hall Thorpe: Coloured Woodcuts, 1980, p77, with a comment that..... 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

1911. Pair of letterpress documents, inscribed in ink and stamped “Tingha [NSW]”, dated “Jan. 16, 1911” and “Feb. 25, 1911” respectively, and annotated in ink in Chinese characters verso, 12.9 x 23.2cm (approx. each). Slight tears to edges, stains, old folds. The holder of the miner’s right was Kee Lim, whose..... More

1909. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, panorama format, studio line and caption with date in negative lower left and centre, 133.1 x 24.4cm. Slight soiling, creases to corners, tear to right edge. Studio line reads “Exchange Studios. Reg. 49 Pitt St, Sydney.”. More

c1900-1940s. Group of 18 oil paintings, including eight on board, two on canvas and six on canvas board, some signed lower right, some captioned in pencil verso, sizes from 23.2 x 16.8cm to 36 x 64cm. Old stains, missing portions, cracking, surface loss or perforations to some. Nine are framed. Captions read..... 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

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

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

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