[View Over Sydney Harbour, Possibly From Neutral Bay, Showing Fort Denison]
c1900. Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 53cm. Slight perforations to image edges and paint loss to lower portion, minor soiling to upper portion of image. Period frame. More
c1900. Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 53cm. Slight perforations to image edges and paint loss to lower portion, minor soiling to upper portion of image. Period frame. More
1975. Four ink and wash drawings, each titled, signed “P.R. Braun” and dated lower right, sizes from 17.2 x 31.3cm to 24.7 x 23.4cm. Slight foxing overall. Titles read “Post Office, Ponsonby; Ewelme Cottage, 1864, Parnell; Renton Farm, 1884, Mangere; [and] Alberton, 1862, Mt Albert.”. More
c1930s. Nine pen and ink drawings, most with white gouache, one with watercolour, each signed “M. Thomassen” in image, all titled in ink and most numbered, annotated “W.A.P.” in ink or pencil on backing below image, 15.6 x 11.7cm to 12.5 x 17.1cm. Slight foxing overall, each tipped to original..... More
c1888. Collection of 13 pencil drawings, each titled in pencil lower centre, 9.6 x 9.5cm to 11.7 x 20.1cm. Minor foxing. Titles read: 1. City Walk, Pekin [sic]; 2. Pekin; 3. Ming Tombs, Pekin; 4. The Great Wall, China; 5. Pagoda near Canton; 6. Canton; 7. Bogue Forts, Canton River;..... More
c1930s. (1) Walter Jardine (Australian, 1884-1970). [Dr William Gilbert “W.G.” Grace]. c1930s. Watercolour, signed upper left, 18.2 x 13.2cm. Slight soiling. Design for the accompanying card, An Ideal Cricket Eleven Series. No. 1: Dr W.G. Grace, based on a 1908 photograph of Grace when he made his final first-class appearance..... More
1904. Thirty-four (of 35) printout paper photographs in a leather-bound album with gilt title and edges, date “Nov. 1904” on album cover, each photograph captioned in ink on backing below image, 10 x 15cm to 14.3 x 19.8cm. Minor scuffing to album covers, page 3 missing, all images laid down..... More
c1880s. Watercolour with gouache, signed “G.W. Whiter” in pencil lower left, titled in ink in another hand on original accompanying label mounted below image, 43.2 x 59cm. Minor paper loss to image edges. One of the last ships built for the New Zealand Shipping Company, the Scottish-built Wanganui made her..... More
c1910s-1920s. Watercolour, signed “Fukanori” lower left, 49.3 x 33.2cm. Slight foxing to margins. Provenance: W.A. Pennell estate. See Item 23. More
1940. Pen and ink with gouache, signed [Will Mahony (Aust., 1905-1989)] in gouache and titled in pencil with publishing annotations on image and margins, publishing stamp with date verso, 34.2 x 41.6cm. Missing portions and slight soiling to margins. Caption in image reads “During his war cabinet visit to Brisbane..... More
c1920s-1930s. Watercolour, 32.6 x 39.6cm. Slight tear and crease to upper left corner of image, some stains and minor foxing overall. Provenance: W.A. Pennell estate. An Englishman, Mr Pennell was head of the advertising department of the British American Tobacco Company in Shanghai during the 1920s and 1930s. He was..... More
c1870s. Pencil drawing, titled and annotated lower left, 13.5 x 31.1cm. Old folds, minor creases, discolouration. Annotation reads “Copy of Conrad Martens sketch, about 1847.” This drawing is most likely by Rosalie Ann Thorne (Aust., 1850-1927), reputedly a pupil of Conrad Martens. She was a friend of his daughter, Rebecca..... More
1867. Pencil drawing, annotated and dated “Rosalie. Copied Sept. 25th, 1867. C. Martens” lower left, 17 x 30.2cm. Minor foxing to upper portion of image. This drawing is most likely by Rosalie Ann Thorne (Aust., 1850-1927), reputedly a pupil of Conrad Martens. She was a friend of his daughter, Rebecca..... More
1870. Pencil drawing, titled, dated “April 12th, 1870” and annotated lower left, 20.5 x 27.7cm. Reinforced fold to centre, slight discolouration. Annotation reads “From ‘Manyung’ grounds.” This drawing is most likely by Rosalie Ann Thorne (Aust., 1850-1927), reputedly a pupil of Conrad Martens. She was a friend of his daughter..... More
c1855. Pencil with wash, signed “Bowman” in image lower left, 13.5 x 16.6cm. Slight creases and stains, minor tears to edges not affecting image. After the steel engraving by F.C. Terry, published in 1855. More
1829. Pair of watercolours with ink and gouache, captioned and dated “Oct 21st, 1829” or “Nov’r 14th, 1829” in ink throughout, 32 x 23.3cm, 27.5 x 18.6cm. Minor foxing and stains. Framed. Captions read “Peruvian Flycatcher, inhabits Paraguay; Crimson Bellied Flycatcher, inhabits N.S. Wales; Duree Finch, inhabits Bengal” and “Banksain..... More
c1885. Watercolour and gouache, initialled “B.F.”[?] in image lower right, 25 x 36cm. Old paper remnants to upper and right margins, old mount burn. British watercolourist Myles Birket Foster was the known for his sentimental views of the English countryside. More
1816. Double-sided watercolour with ink and pencil, one image in panorama format with two images verso titled, dated “March 1st” or “March 17th, 1816” with obscured signature “D. Rob…” in ink lower right, 18.7 x 16.9cm (panorama). Old vertical fold, missing portions to corners and fold, pinholes, slight foxing and..... More
c1840s. Watercolour, annotated “W.A. Rae” [William Allwood Rae, son of John Rae] in pencil on backing verso, artist’s name and provenance in ink on accompanying old frame backing, 14.3 x 19.5cm. Slight foxing to image, laid down on old backing. Provenance: John Rae collection. Public servant, author and painter John..... More
c1863. Pen and ink drawing, 21 x 22cm. Missing portions, tears and stains to edges and image, old glue stains verso. This drawing is a partial study for plate number 4, which was one of the 20 illustrations from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The..... More
c1930s. Gouache, 20.2 x 25.4cm. British-born Martin Frank Stainforth is best known for portraits of thoroughbred racehorses he painted in England, Australia and the United States. Ref: Wiki; ADB. More
c1930s. Watercolour, 30.7 x 25.3cm. Pinholes, slight surface loss and missing portions to edges. Provenance: artist’s estate. More
c1860s. Watercolour with gouache, monogrammed in image lower left, titled in pencil below image, 18 x 12.9cm. Minor foxing to centre of image, glue stains to edges not affecting image. More
c1870s-1890s. Pencil and wash, annotated and captioned in pencil upper right, 41.7 x 59.4cm. Old vertical fold, minor creases, some perforations to image, tears to edges. Annotations include notes for colours such as “Grey clouds, some sky near horizon. Water greyish colour, breeze south-west. P. Sienna sea weed on some..... More
c1900. Pair of gouaches, 28.9 x 22.7cm and 33.1 x 38cm. One with scuffed edges, the other with foxing to upper left and lower right portions, tears and missing portion to lower edge, creases and pinholes. These images are consistent with other works by Lister Lister, which were used as..... More
c1851. Pencil drawing, titled lower right, 14 x 20.7cm. Minor foxing, soiling and creases. Ref: State Library of NSW. More