[Old Boats]
1886. Etching, signed and dated in plate lower right, 12 x 16.4cm. Minor stains to margins. Held in the National Gallery of Australia collection. More
1886. Etching, signed and dated in plate lower right, 12 x 16.4cm. Minor stains to margins. Held in the National Gallery of Australia collection. More
c1930s. Colour linocut, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 21.3 x 20.8cm. Minor cockling to edges. Framed. British-born Mary Packer Harris was a painter, printmaker, designer and embroiderer who also wrote and published books on art and Quaker beliefs. She taught at the South Australian School of Arts..... More
c1955. Drypoint, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, typed annotation on label affixed to frame verso, 15.3 x 28.4cm. Discolouration overall. In original frame. Label reads “Frame made from teak, old Australia’s deck.” Held in SLNSW collection. HMAS Australia (II) was commissioned in 1928. During WWII Australia (known..... More
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
1917. Etching, signed in plate lower left, editioned 49/50, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 10.5 x 22.6cm. Minor soiling to margins. Illustrated in The Etchings of Sydney Ure Smith, 1920, #39. The Dawes Point Battery, an historical fortification, was located adjacent to the southern pylon of the..... More
1914. Lithograph, editioned 11/30, annotated “auto-lithograph,” inscribed, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 18 x 30cm. Old mount burn. Inscription reads “To G. [Gayfield] Shaw, Esq. from S. Ure S. Dec. 1916.” Held in SLNSW. Lithographs by Ure Smith are uncommon, and it is also unusual for one..... More
1915. Etching, signed in plate lower left, annotated “no. 10,” titled, signed and dated “Dec. 1915” in pencil in lower margin, 15.9 x 10.4cm. Pinholes to margins, old mount burn. Held in State Library of NSW, listed as The Little Ketch -Mosman’s Bay. The name of the ketch is Ruby..... More
1923. Etching, editioned 8/40, titled, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 17.9 x 25.1cm. Old mount burn. More
1803. Hand-coloured engraving with stipple, text including title and date in plate below image, 11.4 x 17.6cm. Soiling and chips to margins, old mount burn. Text includes “Woodthorpe. Pub. March 11, 1803 by M. Jones, Paternoster Row.” Image held in the National Gallery of Art and the State Library of..... More
c1838. Engraving, 6.9 x 9.5cm. Slight foxing, minor tear to right edge. Text includes “NB: Every description of vessels under 500 tons register built by...The most approved models & repaired boats, spars...” This advertisement appeared in an early Sydney directory. More
1874. Wood engraving, artist, date and signed “Calvert” by engraver in block lower left to right, title in block below image, 43.5 x 56.3cm. Foxing and slight stains, old folds and creases. Framed. Text includes “Supplement to The Illustrated Australian News.”. More
1833. Hand-coloured lithograph, 25.2 x 33.4cm. Framed. Text includes “Pl. 31. de Sainson pinx. A. St Aulaire lith. J. Tastu editeur. Lith. de Lemercier.” Held in NGA. More
c1930s. Etching, editioned 1/25 and signed in pencil in lower margin, 20.3 x 25.4cm. Old mount burn. More
1924. Wood engraving, monogrammed in block upper left, editioned 23/50, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 9.8 x 13.1cm. Framed. Illustrated in Bloomfield, L. Roy Davies: wood engravings, 1978, p108. Held in NGA. This very uncommon wood engraving is one of Davies’ best images. More
1852. Hand-coloured lithograph, 32.5 x 49.1cm. Slight creases with cracking and surface loss to image, with some repairs. Framed. Appears to be a proof before letters. Provenance: Collection of Vice-admiral Bernard V.A. Wardell. Fort Macquarie and Government House are depicted in the background. The vessel entering Sydney Harbour may be..... More
1918. Etching, signed in plate lower left, editioned 33/50, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 9 x 29.4cm. Old mount burn. Illustrated in The Etchings of Sydney Ure Smith, 1920, #49, p26. More