c1894. Ink and wash with affixed slips of letterpress and postage stamp, signed lower left, titled on backing verso, 44 x 28.9cm. Foxing, soiling, laid down on original backing. The centre panel depicts the character “The Little Boy from Manly”, created by Hopkins in 1885 in relation to the Sudan..... More

1895. Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, 54.3 x 23.9cm. Pinhole to upper right corner, slight soiling. Framed. This painting was exhibited at the Royal Art Society of NSW in 1895, as referenced in their catalogue. Sydney-born Alfred Ernest Starkey was the youngest son of a wealthy soft-drink..... More

1896. Watercolour on card, monogrammed in watercolour, dated and titled in faint pencil below image, 40.5 x 24.5cm. Pinholes, creases and slight foxing. Frank Prout Mahony was the first Australian-born artist whose work was purchased by the Art Gallery of NSW. He was a well-known illustrator during the latter part..... More

1897. Pen on scraperboard, signed and dated lower left, 9.3 x 19.2cm. Slight foxing and stains to upper portion. Provenance: Fullwood estate. More

c1898. Watercolour, signed lower left, 46.1 x 31.5cm. Foxing with old repairs overall, old mount burn to edges. Laid down on acid-free backing. More

c1900. Pencil drawing, titled and initialled “W’m P.” lower right, 11.5 x 18cm. Minor foxing to right and lower edges. The Albury Railway Station was built in 1881 at the end of the main south line, 642km from Sydney, NSW, on the border of Victoria. Clocks were not originally installed..... More

1900. Pencil drawing, annotated in an unknown hand “By Lionel, 1900”, titled and dated with artist’s name upper right and on backing below image, 15.3 x 9.6cm. Discolouration overall, uneven edges. This is a rare, early portrait of Norman at the age of 21 by older brother Lionel. More

c1902. Pen and ink, signed lower left, titled and annotated in ink and dated “paid 17-10-02 [or 04]” in pencil in another hand verso, 23.5 x 18cm. Paper loss to image upper right and edges, slight stains and creases, old mount burn. Annotation reads “Kind lady: ‘And so your father..... More

c1904. (1) Sandy Is Wanted, 1904. Ink and wash, signed lower right and captioned below image, dated “18.4.04” with publishing annotations in pencil verso, 17.4 x 25.5cm. Slight stains, surface loss, pinholes to margins. (2) Father Of Triplets, c1904. Ink and wash, signed lower left and captioned below image, publishing..... 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

c1906. Ink and wash, title in slip of newsprint affixed to image upper left, annotated in pencil verso, 20.6 x 8.3cm. Repaired tear to image centre left, slight foxing to upper centre, minor wear to edges. Partially illegible annotation includes “The ‘Miserere’, Il Trovatore” and Dyson’s address. Ella Russell was..... More

1907. Watercolour, titled, signed and dated lower left, 26.9 x 74.6cm. Slight foxing and stains overall, cockling to centre of image. Framed. Annotation verso reads “Jack Woolston.” Frederick Carl Gerke (1851-1928) and his wife emigrated from Germany, arriving in South Australia in 1877. Twenty-two years later he purchased a property..... More

1908. Ink and wash with collage, signed “Hop’s understudy” in ink lower right, publishing annotation in crayon on backing below image, 37.1 x 28.4cm. Minor foxing and stains overall, missing portions to left edge of backing. Captions make mention of boxers Jack Johnson and Tommy Burns, and the White Australia..... More