Prints
[Views Of Old Sydney]
1886. Colour lithograph, captions under each of four panels in image, printer’s line in image lower centre, 41.6 x 51.2cm. Old vertical fold with repaired tears. Period frame. Captions read “Settlement at Port Jackson, 1788; Sydney in 1802; The Old Tank Stream, (looking towards Sydney Cove), [1842]; Sydney in 1886.”..... More
The Dome, Flinders Street Station [Melbourne]
1910. Etching, signed and dated in plate upper right, signed in pencil in lower margin, 35 x 27.8cm. Minor crinkles, rubbing, glue remnants and slight mount burn to margins. Image held in the National Gallery of Victoria, and the Art Gallery of NSW, with variant title The Central Station, Melbourne..... More
Millers Point Sydney, From The Flag Staff Hill
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
“Sydney Illustrated” [Views Of Sydney Harbour]
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
Miller’s Point, Sydney, From The Flagstaff Hill
1842. Tinted lithograph, signed in image lower left, title in lower margin, 18 x 26.6cm. Minor crinkles, slight stains and pinholes to image, creases, old mount burn. More
View In George Street, Sydney
1842. Hand-coloured lithograph, signed in image lower left, title in lower margin, 18.9 x 28.1cm. Crinkles and minor stains overall, slight chips to edges of margins, old mount burn. More
“Sydney Illustrated” Woolloomooloo Bay Looking North East
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
San Trovaso [Venice]
1926. Etching, signed and dated in plate lower right, titled, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 24.1 x 37.5cm. Slight foxing to margins. More
[Nude Holding Damaged Vase]
1972. Etching, editioned 7/20, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 9.8 x 9.8cm. Old mount burn. More
[Sea Foam Nude]
1972. Etching, editioned 8/20, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 18.1 x 6cm. Schmeisser’s work is held in AGNSW. “Jörg Schmeisser was born in Stolp, Pomerania and studied at the Hamburg Fine Art Academy, Germany 1962-67, majoring in printmaking under Paul Wunderlich. In 1967 he received a scholarship..... More
[House With Pine Trees On A Hill]
1928. Etching, signed and dated in plate lower left, signed in pencil in lower margin, 17.7 x 29.9cm. Slight foxing overall, old mount burn. More
Australie
1928. Engraving, annotated “epreuve d’artiste (artist’s proof)” and signed in pencil in lower margin, 23.7 x 33.9cm. Paper loss to upper margin, small tear to edge of lower margin, old mount burn. From the suite entitled Atlas, which consisted of seven engravings of the continents, produced in an edition of..... More
Plain Language From Truthful James
1870. Set of nine lithographs on loose sheets, each numbered in sequence from 1 to 9, title above poem stanza in plate 1, signed in image lower left and publisher’s line below image, 18.4 x 13.6cm (paper). Slight foxing and stains. The publisher’s line reads “Entered according to Act of Congress..... More
Parramatta, NSW
1824. Hand-coloured aquatint and etching, title, artist and date in plate below image, 23.1 x 32.9cm. Minor crinkles, soiling, foxing. Accompanying letterpress states “the town of Parramatta ranks next to Sydney Town, in size and importance, among the settlements of NSW.”. More
View Of Captain Piper’s Naval Villa, At Eliza Point, Near Sidney [sic], New South Wales
1825. Hand-coloured aquatint with etching, text including artist, title and date in plate below image, 23 x 32.4cm. Slight offsetting to upper portion of image, minor foxing and stains overall. Text includes “Lycett delt et execut’t. London, published May 1, 1825, by J. Souter, 73 St Paul’s Church Yard.”. More
View On The River Tamar, And Part Of The Asbeston Hills, Van Diemen’s Land [Tasmania]
1825. Hand-coloured etching with aquatint, artist, title and date in plate below image, 23 x 32.4cm. Trimmed lower platemark, paper remnants to image left, slight foxing, old mount burn, old tape to margins. Text reads “J. Lycett, delt. et execut. London, published April 1, 1825 by J. Souter, 73, St..... More
Mount Nelson Near Hobart Town From Near Mulgrave Battery
1825. Etching and aquatint, signed and titled in plate below image, 17.4 x 27.9cm. Trimmed margins including some text, minor stains to image, missing portion to lower right corner below image. Remargined. Illustrated in McPhee (ed.), Joseph Lycett: Convict Artist, 2006, p229, plate 113. Held in National Gallery of Australia..... More
[Duck Hunting]
c1920s. Etching, signed in pencil in lower margin, 21.2 x 30cm. Discolouration and pin-holes to edges of margins. More
The Curtsy
1893/1918. Etching, 16.3 x 11.8cm. Minor crinkles and stains to margins. Image also known as The Dancer. Held in NGA. This print was produced while Ashton was a member of the Sydney Etching Club from 1893 to 1895. Ref: Butler, Printed: Images by Australian artists 1885–1955, NGA, 2007, p14. Ashton’s..... More
Köpping’sche Ziergläser (Köpping’s Ornamental Glasses)
1896. Etching, monogrammed in plate lower left, text including artist and title in letterpress in lower margin, 26 x 15.8cm. Slight offsetting from another image to upper portion, foxing and stains to margins. Text includes “Originalradierung. Pan II, 3.” Printed by L. Angerer, Berlin, published by Pan. Held in MoMA..... More
[Figure With Animals]
c1920. Woodcut, signed in pencil in lower margin, 38 x 29.3cm. Slight creases to lower edge of image and to margins. Provenance: Lewis Morley collection, purchased in London during the 1960s. More
Landschaft III (Landscape)
c1920. Woodcut, annotated “handabzug” [hand printed], signed and titled in pencil in lower margin, 17.3 x 27.6cm. Slight foxing to margins, old stains, repaired tears and missing portions to margins. Laid down on acid-free tissue. Provenance: Lewis Morley collection, purchased in London during the 1960s. More
Frauenkopf (Head Of A Woman)
1916/1920. Woodcut, dated in block lower right, artist’s name, title and text in German in letterpress verso, 25.7 x 18.1cm. Old vertical crease to centre of image and lower margin. Text reads “Holzschnitt [woodcut].” From the edition issued for Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart, Leipzig, 1920. More
Lesender Mann (Man Reading)
1918/1921. Woodcut, text including artist’s name in letterpress verso, 28 x 19.8cm. Minor discolouration to edges of margins. Schmidt-Rottluff is one of the most important artists of German Expressionism. This image is one of 9 woodcuts that Schmidt-Rottluff published for Das Spiel Christa, a play by Alfred Brust in 1918..... More