c1930. Pen and ink with gouache, signed “Phil McLachlan” and captioned upper left and lower centre, 23.2 x 20.7cm. Slight foxing, discolouration and minor surface loss to margins. Phyllis Laishley McLachlan, on leaving school at the age of 16, studied with Thea Proctor, and at the Julian Ashton School. She..... More

c1940s. Pencil sketch, signed lower centre, 24.5 x 25cm. Slight foxing, stains, creases. Sydney-born artist Rachel Mary Roxburgh was also an educator, conservationist, and architectural heritage campaigner. She studied at East Sydney Technical College and Adelaide Perry School. She exhibited with the Contemporary Group and the Society of Artists, and..... More

c1917. Oil on canvas, signed and captioned lower left and centre, 53 x 66.5cm. Crazing, slight stains. Original frame. Owned by the Union Steam Ship Company, the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Niagara, an ocean liner launched in 1912, was intended for the Australia–Vancouver, Canada service. She was nicknamed the “Titanic..... More

1952. Pencil drawing, signed, titled and dated lower left, 34 x 28cm. Slight foxing. This drawing was most likely a study for the illustrations in the book by Curtis, Broken Hill, Australia, a folio of drawings, which was published in 1952. More

c1930s. Watercolour with pencil and gouache, annotated “scale 1 [inch] = 1 foot”, titled and signed in pencil lower left to right, 31 x 36cm. Slight creases, minor foxing overall. More

1930. Pair of pencil drawings, each initialled, captioned and dated lower right, 16.5 x 25.9cm and 24.8 x 18.9cm. Trimmed margins. Captions read “On the Sydney Show Ground, Easter” and “Looking towards the grand stand, Sydney Show Ground.”. More

c1937. Two pencil drawings, both initialled, one captioned and dated “1937?” lower right, annotated and initialled verso, 25.1 x 20.2cm and 12 x 24.6cm. Slight stains, foxing and creases. Caption and annotations include “On Bogan Gate land” and “Sowing wheat. Sketched on Paddy’s land, Bogan Gate.” Bogan Gate is a...... More

c1940. Transfer drawing, titled and captioned lower left, 19.7 x 25.6cm. Old folds, slight foxing, trimmed left edge and corners. Caption reads “Period 1880. [Centenary] 1840 to 1940.” Shows the Garden Palace, purpose-built for the Sydney International Exhibition in 1879. This drawing is a study for a mural for Farmer..... More

c1930s. Pencil drawing, initialled lower right, 17.6 x 25.8cm. Slight foxing, uneven edges. This sketch was likely taken from the present site of Waterfront Park, Pyrmont, previously the site of the CSR Sugar Refinery. Blackwattle Bay can be seen slightly to the left. More

c1950s. Six drawings, four in pencil, one in ink, one in coloured pencil, five initialled and two captioned in ink or pencil, 15.5 x 12.4cm to 30.6 x 11cm. Foxing, slight creases. Captions include “The wool dance” and “Into the ‘shed’, off with the wool, release!” Four images show a...... More

c1950s. Pencil drawing, each ship captioned, 30.7 x 21.2cm. Creases, slight stains and missing portions. Captions include (1) PS Lonsdale, 551 tons, built 1882. Stranded Port Melb. 1889, refloated 1891, broken up Melb., 1900; (2) PS Ozone, 572 tons, built 1886 for Port Phillip trade. Dismantled and sunk to form..... More

1980. Three watercolours with gouache, each signed, titled and dated in ink in lower margin and verso, 18 x 15cm (approx. each). These images are most likely studies for a large mural. Robert Emerson Curtis’ “admiration for civil engineering had developed while living and working in America [1922 to 1928]..... More