c1929. Hand-coloured woodcut, signed in pencil in lower margin, 28 x 20.4cm. Framed. This woodcut originally came in a folder which accompanied the book Margaret Preston’s Recent Paintings, 1929, edited by S. Ure Smith and L. Gellert. This book was published in an edition of 250, with half of the edition..... More

1925. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, studio line in ink on image lower right, captioned in ink on original backing above and below image, 24.6 x 54.4cm. Slight foxing, laid down on original backing. Framed. Caption continues “A record attendance at First Sale, 21st Nov. 1925.” Studio line reads “Hall & Co..... 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

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

c1880. Soft-cover catalogue with lithographic illustrations and letterpress text, Australian distributor’s wet stamp throughout, 34.5 x 27cm. Well worn from age and handling, front cover detached, back cover missing, tears, creases, missing portions with perforations, some pages secured with old string. Cover includes publisher’s line “Palm, Fechteler & Co. Chicago, New..... 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

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

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