c1919. Etching, editioned 23/30, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 11.1 x 15.1cm. Minor tears and creases to margins. Artist, publisher and promoter of Australian art Sydney Ure Smith played an important part in the revival of etching in Sydney. He had a “keen interest in architecture, particularly..... More

1919. Etching, titled, signed and editioned 27/50 in pencil in lower margin, 30.3 x 20.4cm. Minor foxing, soiling and chips to margins. Held in the Art Gallery of NSW and National Gallery of Australia collections. Gas Lane’s name originates from the old gas works which were located at Darling Harbour..... More

1919. Etching, signed in plate lower left, signed, titled and annotated “proof c” in lower margin, 18.6 x 29.6cm. Slight foxing, old mount burn. Ref: Mendelssohn #192, listed as Girls’ High School, Castlereagh Street, Sydney. The David Jones department store now stands on this site. More

1919. Etching, signed in plate lower left, signed and titled in pencil in lower margin, 18.4 x 29.2cm. Minor surface loss to upper right and lower left corners of image, creases overall, old mount burn. Ref: Mendelssohn #192, listed as Girls’ High School, Castlereagh Street, Sydney. Held in NGA; NGV..... More

1920. Drypoint, editioned 9/20, titled, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 11.5 x 20.1cm. Old mount burn. More

c1920s. Etching, titled and monogrammed in plate lower left to right, signed, titled and editioned 5/50 in pencil in lower margin, 19.8 x 15.1cm. Slight foxing overall. Title in plate reads “Windmill Hill, Old Sydney.” Held in the National Gallery of Australia collection. See also item #116. More

c1920s. , c1960s. Letterpress and colour process screen print booklet, with sleeve of 36 fabric souvenir badges in original packaging, 15.1 x 24.9cm (booklet), 5.7 x 4.7cm (each badge). Booklet has one page missing, folds, wear to edges, slight soiling to interior and cover. Promotional booklet titled “Bondi, the playground..... More

c1920s. Aquatint, editioned 1/30, signed and annotated in pencil in lower margin, 19.3 x 27.2cm. Slight foxing, old mount burn. Annotation reads “30 proofs, 2 pounds and 2 shillings.” David Barker was a founding member and a regular exhibitor with the Australian Painter-Etchers’ Society from 1921. Ref: AGNSW. More

c1920s. Colour woodcut with gouache, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 15.1 x 13.7cm. Old mount burn. Very uncommon image. More

c1920s. Drypoint, signed and editioned 7/40 in pencil in lower margin, 12 x 15.2cm. Slight foxing to lower margin. An influential painter, etcher, teacher and illustrator, Frank Medworth studied with fellow student Weaver Hawkins at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts in London from 1910 to 1914. Wounded in..... More

c1920s. Soft-ground etching, sepia ink, titled, signed and annotated “soft ground” in pencil in lower margin, 22.7 x 30.1cm. Minor creases to margins, old mount burn. Castlemaine-born Frank Arthur Nankivell was an artist, printmaker and political cartoonist. He studied art in Australia before travelling to Japan and working as a...... More

c1920. Drypoint, initialled in plate lower centre, editioned 3/30, titled and signed in pencil below image, 21.4 x 17.7cm. Repaired tears to upper margin including platemark, minor paper loss to margins, old mount burn. Not illustrated in Spartalis reference on Van Raalte. London-born Henri van Raalte studied art under John..... More