![Australia [Cattle Droving, Queensland]. George Knight Erskine Fairholme, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL174-15_1.JPG?v=1492653616)
c1853. Three hand-coloured lithographs, each initialled “G.K.E.F.” in image and titled in ink below image, one annotated “No. 5” in ink above image, 17.3 x 25.4cm (approx. each). Slight stains and minor paper loss with some repairs to margins, old mount burn. All titles include “Australia”, and read “Branding cattle..... More
1853-1854. Punch’s Pocket Book was a “travel-sized” annual publication based on the British satirical magazine Punch. It included an almanac, cash account log, a daily diary, business information, short stories, poetry, and cartoons. The Pocket Book was illustrated by prominent illustrators, including John Leech. Ref: Bandeis Uni., USA. (1) [Punch’s..... More
c1854. Hand-coloured lithograph, initialled with text including title in image lower left to right, 9.8 x 14.6cm. Laid down on original backing. Text reads “Allen & Wigley Lith., George [Street].” The Oriental Bank Corporation was established in 1851 in India and soon became a multinational network with a head office..... More
c1855. Hand-coloured lithograph, title below image, 14.6 x 20.4cm. Time staining, creases and paper loss to margins. Text reads “Published for the proprietor by S. Knights, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill. Standidge & Co. Litho, London.” There were 164,000 convicts transported from Great Britain to Australia from 1788 to 1868. Ref: Wiki..... More
1855. Sheet music, engraved cover, facsimile signature of composer and singer Henry Russell in image lower left, 34 x 24.1cm (paper). Old paper tape and tears to edges, minor foxing to image, front sheet loose. Text reads “Musical Bouquet. Written and sung by Harry Lee Carter, in his entertainment of..... More
![Circular Quay, Sydney [From The Series “Scenery In And Around Sydney”]. Samuel Thomas Gill, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL181-49.JPG?v=1486012423)
1856. Hand-coloured tinted lithograph, initialled, date and title in image lower left to right, 15.7 x 22cm. Old mount burn. Text reads “Allen & Wigley, Lith., Syd.” Illustrated in Bowden, Samuel Thomas Gill, Artist, 1971, p86. During his eight years in Sydney, Gill completed a number of lithographs of the..... More
1856. Hand-coloured lithograph, initials “S.T.G.”, title and text below image, 10.3 x 17cm. Repaired minor tears and creases to corners, slight foxing and paper remnants to image upper centre, trimmed margins. Laid down on acid-free paper. Text continues “Allan & Wigley. Lith., Syd.” Held in NLA. “The Sydney Mechanics’ School..... More
![Melbourne [Race Horse]. After Harry Hall, c. Brit](/pictures/thumb/CL194-22.JPG?v=1543548653)
1856. Hand-coloured engraving with aquatint, signed “H. Hall” in image centre left, artist, engraver, title and text in plate below image, 46.8 x 66.2cm (image). Repaired major tear to margin and image centre left, slight foxing. Framed. Text reads “Bred in 1834 by Humphrey Clinker. Dam by Cervantes. Painted by..... More
![“The European March” [Sydney Heads From Vaucluse, NSW]. Thomas Edmund, 1827–1867...](/pictures/thumb/CL199-25.jpg?v=1585635211)
1857. Hand-coloured lithograph, signed in image lower right, 35 x 25cm. Glue stain to old horizontal fold upper centre, minor tears to trimmed edges, slight foxing. Text continues “[Music] by [Edouard Desiree] Boulanger. Sydney. Dedicated to Captain Parfitt and the officers of the ARMSS European, published by J.R. Clarke, George..... More
c1860s. Sheet music, toned lithograph cover, signed “A. Arnst” lower right, 35.1 x 25.5cm. Slight soiling, stains and crinkles, small tears and chips to edges, old paper tape to spine. Text reads “London, Cramer, Beale & Co. Edinburgh, Wood & Co., Glasgow, J.M. Wood & Co. Schenck & McFarlane, Lith’rs..... More
![Tarban Point And Mission House [Hunters Hill, NSW]. F C. Terry, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL169-21.JPG?v=1492490582)
c1860s. Tinted lithograph, signed and titled in image lower left to right, 11.7 x 21.4cm. Slight creases to upper portion, stain to lower left corner. Framed. Held in National Library of Australia, listed with J. Degotardi & Co. as lithographer (John Degotardi (Aust., 1823-1882) was an important photographer and lithographer..... More
c1865. Hand-coloured lithograph, text including title below image, 23.6 x 28.3cm. Cropped top margin. Framed. Text includes “Distance lends enchantment to the view is exquisitely verified in the opinion a new arrival, or in Colonial parlance, a New Chum…a young gentleman remarks in a colonial song: ‘I’ve got to work..... More
![The Valley Of The Ovens River [Victoria]. Eugene von Guerard, Austrian/Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL194-31.JPG?v=1543548670)
1866-1868. Colour lithograph, signed in image lower right, title and “Hamel & Ferguson Litho.” blindstamp below image, 32.6 x 50.5cm. Repaired tears and missing portions to edges including upper centre of image, minor stains. Laid down on acid-free backing. Plate 2 from Eugene von Guerard’s Australian Landscapes, published by Hamel..... More
1866-1868. Colour lithograph, signed in image lower right, title below image, 28.8 x 49.1cm. Old, worn crease to centre of image, repaired tears to upper and lower right of image, slight stains. Framed. This image is one of 24 drawn by von Guerard onto a lithographic stone, published by Hamel..... More
1870. Colour wood engraving, letterpress text including artist, title and date below image, 32.3 x 43.9cm. Old folds, minor missing portions and stains to margins. Laid down on acid-free backing. Text reads “Engraved by S. Calvert. Clarson, Massina & Co., Melbourne. From an original picture by O.R. Campbell. Supplement to..... More
c1871. Group of three tinted lithographs, two signed in image lower left or right, approx. 64.4 x 48cm each. Missing portions to margins, soiling, repaired creases and tears. Linen-backed. Titles read “Emmeline Zavistowski;” “Alice Zavistowski;” and “The Zavistowski Trio: Alice, Christine & Emmeline.” All include text “Ferd. Mayer & Sons..... More
1872. Lithograph, initialled “T.H.” in image lower left, 88.5 x 57.1cm. Paper loss to old folds and corners, minor creases, slight foxing. Laid down on acid-free tissue. Text includes “Supplement to The Sydney Mail, April 20, 1872.” This plan shows the park bordered by Cleveland and Devonshire Streets, and by..... More
1872. Colour lithograph, trade card, text includes publisher’s line “Warner Johnson & Co. Buffalo & New York”, 9.3 x 6.1cm. Irregular margins, minor creases, soiling to surface. Held in National Library of Australia, with the comment “[This is a] trade card, possibly issued by P.T. Barnum, based on a carte-de-visite..... More
1873. Collection of 12 periodicals bound together, illustrated with over 260 line-blocks, wood engravings and lithographs, from Jan. to Dec. 1873, Tyrrells’ stamp on front endpaper, 27.1 x 22.2cm (quarto). Foxing, stains, tears, missing portions to some pages. First title page includes “Vol. XVIII – new series, vol. 1. Sydney..... More
![Mr [And] Mrs F.M. Bates. Charles Turner, fl.1850s-1912 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL177-2_1.JPG?v=1492662585)
c1874. Pair of lithographs, each signed and titled in image lower right and centre, approx. 56.6 x 43.6cm (paper). Repaired creases and tears, slight soiling and foxing. Linen-backed. Text continues “Lith. 62 Collins St, E. Melbourne.” The image of Mrs Eliza Bates is held in State Library of Victoria. These..... More
![Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [Sydney Harbour]. Samuel Calvert . After A. C. Cooke,...](/pictures/thumb/CL187-44_1.JPG?v=1496120269)
c1874. Wood engraving, signed by Cooke and Calvert in block lower left to right, text including title in margins, 53.5 x 94.6cm. Minor foxing to image upper centre and paper loss to old folds. Linen-backed. Text reads “Supplement to the special European edition of the Illustrated Sydney News. Gibbs, Shallard..... More
1874/1876. Wood engraving, signed and dated “1874” by Cooke and signed by Calvert in block lower left to right, text including title and date in lower margin, 68.5 x 100cm. Old folds, repaired slight tears or missing portions to margins, minor stain to image upper centre. Title continues “with enlarged..... More
![Australian Pets [Magpie And Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo]. Samuel Calvert, 1828–1913 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL198-24.JPG?v=1576815184)
1876. Colour wood engraving with letterpress, signed in block lower left, 52.5 x 40.7cm. Old folds, slight stains, uneven margins. Linen-backed. Text reads “Supplement to The Illustrated Australian News, December 1876.” Image includes a cage with two budgerigars. Held in NLA, NGV. More
![Pride Of The Hills [Race Horse]. Frederick Woodhouse Jr, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL181-70.JPG?v=1486012453)
c1877. Hand-coloured tinted lithograph, artist and title in upper and lower margins, 42.2 x 61.2cm (image). Some surface loss, slight stains to margins. In original period frame. Text includes “Woodhouse’s Australian Winners. Painted, lith. & publ. by Fred Woodhouse. Printed by Fergusson & Mitchell, Melb. Pride of the Hills, by..... More
1879. Hand-coloured lithograph, titled and dated in crayon with printer’s line in lower margin, 23.7 x 32.2cm. Repaired tears and cracking to upper and right portions of image. Linen-backed. Printer’s line reads “L. Henn & Co. Lithog., Adelaide.” This image is held in NLNZ as part of a collection of..... More