Australian
The Great Fig Tree, Berry’s Bay, Sydney
1923. Aquatint, signed, titled, editioned 42/75 and annotated in pencil in lower margin, 15.4 x 23.8cm. Minor foxing to margins, slight mount burn. Annotation indicates image was printed on 18th century paper, which Lionel Lindsay often used to obtain a mellow look. Ref: Mendelssohn #302. More
The Orient Line, Sydney
1923. Etching, editioned 8/40, titled, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 17.9 x 25.1cm. Old mount burn. More
Bushranger’s Hill, Pittwater
c1923. Etching, editioned 14/50, titled, signed and annotated “ARCA Lond.” in pencil in lower margin, 24.4 x 18.9cm. Foxing, old mount burn. More
![I.F.D. [Isaac Franklyn Davies]. L. Roy Davies, Aust.](/pictures/thumb/CL192-24.JPG?v=1524199202)
I.F.D. [Isaac Franklyn Davies]
1923. Wood engraving, titled, editioned 10/50 and signed in pencil in lower margin, 9 x 9.6cm. Repaired incision to centre of image and lower margin, slight discolouration. Illustrated in L. Roy Davies: Wood Engravings, 1978, plate 27. Held in NGA. This is a portrait of the artist’s father. Ref: SMH, 26.8.1949. More
Sydney From Bay Road
c1924. Etching, signed in plate lower left, annotated and editioned “2nd state, 18/30”, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 9.6 x 23.5cm. Minor surface loss to lower margin. Image included in the Society of Artists Annual Exhibition held in 1924. Ref: NGA. More
![“The Model Trader” [Cover Pages]](/pictures/thumb/CL169-93_1.JPG?v=1492491458)
“The Model Trader” [Cover Pages]
1913-1924. Three colour process lithographs, each dated in image, two initialled “S.S.” in image lower right, 29.7 x 24.3cm (approx. each). Soiling and scuffs overall, laid down on old advertising boards. Cover pages of three issues of The Model Trader, produced by the Grace Brothers Model Store, Broadway, Sydney. Text..... More
The Porch, St Michael’s, Rose Bay
1924. Drypoint, titled, signed and editioned 26/35 in pencil in lower margin, 27.8 x 13.4cm. Held in the National Gallery of Australia collection. More
Rankin’s Homestead
1924. Wood engraving, signed and dated in block lower right, faded title and other annotation in lower margin, 15.2 x 20.8cm. Slight stain to centre of image, minor crinkles to upper margin. The second of two states. Ref: Bloomfield (ed.), L. Roy Davies: Wood Engravings, 1978, #35, p106, listed with... More
Penseroso (Polly)
c1924. Lithograph, signed in pencil in lower margin, 24.2 x 18.3cm. Minor stains overall, repaired paper loss to margin. Held in the National Gallery of Australia collection. More
Scarf Dance
1924. Etching and pencil study: (a) editioned 13/20, titled, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 12.7 x 12.8cm. Slight mount burn; (b) signed and dated lower right, 12.7 x 12.6cm. Perforation and rubbing to image, chips to edges. Mounted together. More
![North Head From Edwards Beach [Balmoral]. A. H. Fullwood, Aust.](/pictures/thumb/CL166-63.JPG?v=1492486439)
North Head From Edwards Beach [Balmoral]
1924. Etching, monogrammed and dated in plate lower right, signed, titled and dated in pencil in lower margin, 15.2 x 25cm. Minor foxing to margins. More
![Ben Boyd’s Church, Twofold Bay [NSW]. L. Roy Davies, Australian.](/pictures/thumb/CL176-19.JPG?v=1492661040)
Ben Boyd’s Church, Twofold Bay [NSW]
1924. Wood engraving, monogrammed in block, titled, signed and dated “1926” in pencil in lower margin, 11.5 x 17.2cm. Illustrated in Bloomfield, L. Roy Davies: wood engravings, 1978, p110, listed with date of 1924. This church was one of the unfinished buildings constructed in Boydtown by wealthy entrepreneur and adventurer... More
Calendar With Australian Bush Scenes
1925. Colour process lithograph with letterpress, with three vignettes each with artist’s name and two dated “1904” lower left in image, all titled below image, 93 x 58.5cm. Repaired tears, missing portions, old folds and tape marks. Linen-backed. Titles read “A try for supper; Pride of the morn; A bush..... More
Old Mill, Carcoar
1925. Drypoint, signed, titled and editioned 8/30 in pencil in lower margin, 12.4 x 18.7cm. Stains, creases and foxing to image, glue stains and rubbing to margins. Ref: Mendelssohn #365. Carcoar is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales. The town has been classified by the... More
Ben Hall’s
1925. Drypoint, signed, titled and annotated “proof C/40” in pencil in lower margin, 12 x 24.5cm. Minor discolouration overall. Ref: Mendelssohn #340, listed as Ben Hall’s Billabong (Bushranger’s House). More
Coaching Days
1925. Aquatint, signed, titled and editioned 67/75 in pencil in lower margin, 15.3 x 24.3cm. Minor soiling to margins, old mount burn. Ref: Mendelssohn #346, also listed as Near Binalong. More
White Goats
1925. Wood engraving, signed, titled and annotated “100” in pencil in lower margin, 15.5 x 15cm. Tape, minor foxing and paper loss to margins. Ref: Mendelssohn, p153. More
An Old Home, Manly Vale
c1925. Etching, editioned 2/50, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 17.7 x 30.1cm. Missing portion to right margin, slight foxing. Reproduced in Art in Australia, series 3, vol. 13, Sept. 1925, plate 50. Ref: State Library of NSW. Held in National Gallery of Australia. More
![Pyrmont Bridge [NSW]. John Goodchild, Aust.](/pictures/thumb/CL176-48.JPG?v=1492661061)
Pyrmont Bridge [NSW]
c1925. Etching, titled, editioned 11/30 and signed in pencil in lower margin, 15 x 28.8cm. Retouching to discolouration in image upper right, stains to margins. Held in NGA. The Pyrmont Bridge, which replaced the first bridge built in 1858, had one of the largest swing spans in the world at... More
The Caravan
c1925. Colour woodcut with gouache, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 33.6 x 26.8cm. Slight foxing, old mount burn. Held in National Gallery of Australia. More
![St. Mary’s Cathedral Steps [NSW]. Edward Warner, Aust.](/pictures/thumb/CL176-138.JPG?v=1492661824)
St. Mary’s Cathedral Steps [NSW]
1925. Etching, monogrammed and dated in plate lower left, titled, editioned 27/75 and signed in pencil in lower margin, 18.6 x 15cm. More