1989. Etching, editioned 39/50, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 39.2 x 47.5cm. Slight foxing. Framed. This image is held in National Gallery of Australia with a comment on Charles Blackman’s printmaking background: “Born in Sydney on 8 December 1928, where he studied drawing, Charles Blackman was self-taught as..... More

1960. Gouache, signed and dated lower right, 23.3 x 28.8cm. Slight soiling, water stain to lower edge. Born in England, Leslie Holland won many art scholarships including one to the Slade, but decided instead to study at the Royal College of Art. He became a commercial artist and “produced posters for..... More

1930. Colour woodcut, signed, dated and annotated “No. 7” on image lower right, 35.4 x 41.9cm. Original frame. Born in Bolzano in northern Italy, Carl Moser studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and the Académie Julian in Paris, later travelling to Germany, Italy, Corsica and Brittany. Influenced by..... 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

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

1842. Tinted lithograph with added hand-colouring, signed in image lower right, title in lower margin, 18.3 x 26.9cm. Slight foxing, discolouration. In 19th century frame. This image is from Prout’s 1842 publication Sydney Illustrated. Born in Plymouth, England, Skinner Prout was a nephew of renowned watercolourist Samuel Prout. On 3 December..... 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

c1969. Colour linocut, editioned 5/30, titled and signed in ink in lower margin, 34.5 x 45.7cm. Slight stains and paper and glue remnants to upper margin. Image held in the National Gallery of Australia. Born in Melbourne, Vaughan Murray Griffin “studied drawing and painting at the National Gallery School, Melbourne..... More

1940. Colour linocut, printed à la poupée, signed, dated and captioned with a verse in pencil in lower margin, 16.5 x 17.3cm. Old mount burn. The verse reads “’My son, my son’, said his mother, ever so many times graciously waving her painted tail, ‘What have you been doing now..... More

1924. As issued, letterpress book with French binding (unbound), original boards with partial paper wrappers, and slip case, containing 55 original etchings, some monogrammed in plate, number “265” from an edition of 350 on justification page, title page in French includes author “Octave Mirbeau” and publisher with date “Ambroise Vollard..... More

c1910s–1920s. Colour zinc relief metalcut, monogrammed in block upper right, annotated “no. 9” and “In Sc et Imp” and signed in pencil in lower margin, title and artist’s name in another hand in pencil verso, 67.8 x 23cm. Old fold to lower centre, slight creases with repairs to upper and..... More