c1990s. Papier mache with acrylic, 46 x 38 x 21cm (overall). Repaired paint loss to corners of plinth. This sculpture was created by Toby Whitelaw (Aust., b.1975) after Matthew Martin’s Mambo Surf Pig, originally a design for men’s T-shirts. The Mambo Pig was used as a display for a surf..... More
1856–1888. Group of 12 documents in letterpress, sizes range from 33.2 x 20.9cm to 34.7 x 22.3cm. Some with slight stains or handling crinkles. This collection comprises of legislation and petitions concerning the treatment and living conditions of the Chinese in the goldfields and townships in Victoria and NSW from..... More
c1910s–1950s. Consisting of 15 items made up of four pieces of sheet music, one comic booklet, nine theatre programmes and one plaster figurine of “Mo”, sizes range from 28.7 x 11.3cm (folded) to 34.9 x 26.1cm, 23.5 x 9 x 7.5cm (figurine). Old folds, creases, soiling and minor tears, some..... More
![Item #CL203-15 Sketches [Friends & Associates Of The Artist]. Livingston Hopkins,...](/pictures/thumb/CL203-15_1.jpg?v=1633911445)
c1900–1902. Scrapbook containing 72 ink drawings, five pencil drawings, two process screen prints and newspaper clippings; many drawings annotated in ink or pencil, some with names or aliases, scrapbook titled “Sketches” on cover, sizes range from 3.7 x 2.6cm to 15.5 x 24.4cm (drawings) and 28.4 x 22.5 x 1.2cm..... More
1792. Paper slip signed, dated “2nd Dec., 1792” and annotated “Sydney” by Captain Arthur Phillip in ink, with accompanying gouache portrait on vellum, and detached old backing with title in ink verso, 3.8 x 7.3cm (slip); 11.3 x 8.5cm (portrait). The slip has minor foxing and soiling; the portrait has..... More
1830. Four-page manuscript in ink, dated “17th Nov. 1830” and signed “Alex. McLeay”, 33.1 x 20.6cm. Minor tears to old folds, slight discolouration. This government order, written by Alexander McLeay aka Macleay (1767–1848), Colonial Secretary of NSW, concerns the death of Captain Patrick Logan (1791–1830) “who was murdered by the..... More
1838. Four pages of text in ink, dated “Sydney, 15 Dec. 1838”, postmarked “Paid ship letter. Sydney. Dec. 24, 1838” with Glasgow postmark verso, 32.2 x 19.8cm. Missing portions, discolouration, tears, and old folds with archival tape support. The letter, addressed to George Hutchison in Glasgow, was written by William..... More
1854. Letterpress, two pages, 72.8 x 21cm (overall). Framed together. Text includes “Victoria. Gold Regulations. Laid upon the council table by the Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, and ordered by the Council to be printed, 26th September, 1854. Rules and regulations made by the Lieutenant..... More
1864. Letterpress certificate, signed, inscribed and dated “Twelfth day of April, 1864” in ink in various hands, 30.3 x 25.4cm (paper). Old folds, slight stains overall, rubbing to two lines. Text includes “(Copy of) Certificate of Marriage. I, John Dunmore Lang, being Senior Minister of the Scots Church, Sydney, do..... More
c1890s. Watercolour and ink drawing, captioned in image, 40 x 23.4cm. Tear from upper left edge through upper portion of image, stains, slight foxing, old mount burn. This proclamation “presents a four-strip pictogram that attempts to explain the idea of equality under the law. Those who committed violent crimes in..... More
c1843-1894. Fifty-six (56) letters transcribed in ink with various illustrations in pencil, in quarter leather and cloth bound hardcover book, initialled “F.C.S.” [Frank C. Snodgrass] on book cover, titled, signed by Snodgrass “copyist” and dated “Nov. 1894” in ‘finale’ [p237], 34 x 22cm, 328pp (book); 42pp (addendum). Leather rot, stains..... More
c1900s. Enamel on tin, 66.8 x 50.8cm. Surface and paint loss to edges, soiling. Text continues “By appointment to H.M. The King. Patent Enamel Co. Ltd. B’ham & London.” William Cooper (1813-1885) was a British veterinary surgeon, agriculturalist and industrialist who specialised in the manufacture of agricultural insecticides for livestock..... More
c1901. Colour process screen and letterpress, title with captions and text throughout image, 21.2 x 13cm. Minor soiling and tears to margins. Captions include “Sir Edmund Barton, Premier; Lord Hopetoun, Governor General; Sir George Turner, Treasurer; Hon. Alfred Deakin, first Attorney-General and present Premier; Sir John Forrest, Minister for Defence;..... More
1906-1908. Collection of material including five issues of The Gadfly, a periodical with process screen and colour line block illustrations, six vintage silver gelatin photographs, and several items of correspondence and printed ephemera including pen and ink sketches, many items annotated, signed or dated, sizes from 8 x 6.2cm to..... More
1908. Group of five letterpress booklets with colour lineblock and process screen illustrations, each dated on cover, some images with artist’s signature replicated in image, sizes from 15.3 x 10.4cm to 23.9 x 31.5cm. Slight soiling, wear, tears and creases to covers and pages, repairs to spine. Details for booklets..... More
c1880s-1909. Newspaper cuttings in a hardcover quarto leather-bound book, 40.6 x 33cm. Scuffing and leather loss to boards, minor foxing throughout. This album contains newspaper cuttings relating to the work of Australian botanical painter Ellis Rowan (1848-1922), including reviews and critiques of her work, a column by Rowan herself entitled..... More
1888-1910s. Thirty-three (33) process screen and 148 photographic postcards (181 in total), some images captioned or dated in negative or letterpress, some with photographer’s blind stamp or studio line verso, 8.8 x 13.8cm (approx. each). Minor silvering or developing flaws to some images. Photographers include Brokenshire Bros, Broken Hill; and..... More
c1911. Enamel on tin, 30.7 x 45.9cm. Surface and paint loss, crazing, missing portions to upper corners. Partly obscured text continues “C. Ritchie…Sydney…Adelaide.” The Referee was a newspaper published in Sydney from 1886 to 1939. The Globe (1911-1914) was a weekly newspaper published by Alfred Herbert Howard Aldworth in Sydney..... More
c1912. Enamel on tin, 45.7 x 61cm. Surface and paint loss to edges, crazing, minor missing portions to corners. Text continues “Gives ease to the hand, character to the writing. Macniven & Cameron Ltd…Edinburgh & Melbourne.” The agent for Golden Wattle was Robert Hutton of 321 Flinders Lane, Melb. Ref..... More
![Item #CL202-24 The “Sydney’s” Victory: How She Beat The “Emden” [WWI]. Patrick...](/pictures/thumb/CL202-24.jpg?v=1619760557)
c1914. Letterpress text with poet’s name and publisher’s line “People’s print, City”, 25.6 x 8.5cm. Slight foxing, old folds, creases. The poem is by “Sydney’s best-known street poet” Patrick Francis Collins, and celebrates the Royal Australian Navy’s first victory of WWI; the 1914 battle between HMAS Sydney and the SMS..... More
c1914. Colour lithograph board game with cloth spine, accompanied with original small dice box and old cigarette tin containing six die-cast aeroplane counters, “The National” company trademark shield and game name appear on board and box, 36.8 x 37.1cm (game), 13.3 x 10.3cm (rules), 7.5 x 8.8 x 4.2cm (box). In good condition except..... More
c1880s-1920s. Fourteen (14) carved emu eggs, four with silver plate stands, two eggs initialled “E.A.G.” or “P. O’S.” in image, two eggs signed by “Ingram Bros, Melbourne” or Jonaski Takuma, sizes range from 11.8 x 27.5cm to 27 x 30cm (height including stand x circumference). Slight cracks, minor chips, surface..... More
c1920s. Chrome-plated brass, 10.6 x 14.3 x 9.5cm. Minor wear to plating and oxidation to metal base. The mascot consists of an Australian kookaburra perched on a stand with wings, attached to a radiator cap. The casting is crisp with no wear. Earlier automobiles had their “radiator caps outside of the hood..... More
1922, 1923. Pair of soft-cover hand-sewn letterpress books, one with process screen and line block illustrations and the other with tipped-in wood engravings and a list of oil paintings by Collingridge, 29.2 x 22.7cm. In very good condition. “Not an actual reprint of the Carroll books, but a significant variant..... More
![Item #CL169-121 [Proposed] Coat Of Arms, Canberra. Margaret Campbell, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL169-121.JPG?v=1492492930)
c1927. Pen and ink with gouache, captioned throughout image, initialled “M.E.C.” lower right, titled in pencil in lower margin, annotated “Q.Q.” in an unknown hand in ink verso, 25.1 x 25cm. Old horizontal folds, slight surface loss, foxing and creases. Captions read “Canberra. ‘Onward.’ SA, Queensl’d, NSW, Victoria, WA, Tasmania.”..... More