1927. Etching, titled, editioned 2/45, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 16.8 x 15.8cm. Minor foxing and rubbing to margins. Born in London, Fred Britton won a scholarship to the Slade School in 1908, and later became a teacher at the South Australian School of Arts and Crafts..... More

c1927. Aquatint with etching, titled in plate lower right, signed in pencil in lower margin, 25.7 x 18.9cm. Held in the State Library of Tasmania collection. More

c1890s-1927. Group of five portraits, four inspired by Henry King’s iconic photograph:. (1) Henry King (Aust., 1855-1923). Australian Aborigine, c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, cabinet card format, titled (faint) in negative lower left, photographer’s blind stamp on image lower right, caption in letterpress on backing below image, 14.7 x 9.9cm. Slight..... More

1928. Drypoint, titled, dated and signed in pencil in lower margin, 32.9 x 25.1cm. Slight stains. Framed. More

c1928. Etching, titled, signed and editioned 4/50 in pencil in lower margin, 22.7 x 30.2cm. Cracking to plate mark due to excessive impression, repaired tear to upper margin, slight foxing to margins, old mount burn. This image was exhibited in 1928 at the 8th Annual Exhibition of the Australian Painter-Etchers’..... More

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

c1928. Woodcut, signed “Raokin” in pencil in lower margin, 11 x 13.3cm. Slight foxing overall, old tape remnants, tears and creases to margins. Held in NGA. While living in Malta from 1927 to 1930, Hawkins adopted the name “Raokin” to avoid publicity, which described him as a “wounded artist” in..... More

1929. Colour linocut, initialled in block lower left, signed, editioned 23/25 and titled in pencil in lower margin, 21.6 x 18.3cm. Minor paper loss to left edge of image. Portrait of Flett’s grandfather. Illustrated in Butler, A Survey of Australian Relief Prints 1900-1950, p44. Held in Castlemaine Art Gallery. More

c1929. Drypoint, annotated “A/P. edition 40” and signed in pencil in lower margin, titled in pencil verso, 22.7 x 15.1cm. Minor scuffs to image and foxing to margins. More

1929. Letterpress booklet with process screen illustrations, 15pp, 21.6 x 13.8cm. Minor stains and crinkles overall, foxing, paper loss, tears, creases and old tape to loose cover. Text on title page includes “Hunkin, Ellis & King, Ltd., Printers and Publishers, Pirie Street, Adelaide.” The book cover features a portrait of..... More

c1929. Drypoint, annotated “Our Youth no. 1,” titled, and signed in pencil in lower margin, 27.7x 21.4cm. Slight foxing, old mount burn. Held in National Gallery of Australia. Title is most likely a play on the story “Susanna and the Elders” from the biblical Book of Daniel. Brother-in-law to Norman..... More

1929. Etching, editioned 31/85, titled, signed and dated in pencil, 24.6 x 14.7cm. Old mount burn. More

c1929. Linocut, 15.1 x 22.2cm. Minor paper loss to image lower centre, slight foxing to upper right corner. Provenance: Artarmon Galleries. Held in NGA; AGNSW. More