c1890s. Oil on board, posthumous artist’s stamp on board and frame verso, 49 x 36.5cm. Minor paint loss and indentations to upper portions of image, minor crazing and foxing overall. Framed. An unfinished painting of a horse carcass appears verso. The Art Gallery of NSW began acquiring paintings and drawings..... More

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

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

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

1902. Pen and ink, signed in image lower right”, publishing annotation “usual ‘Arrow’ size” in ink in lower margin, 30.7 x 13.6cm. Pinholes not affecting image, old folds and creases, minor soiling to margins. This artwork, which appeared on the cover page of The Arrow on 8 March 1902, was..... More

1903. Pencil drawing, dated “Oct. 15 ‘03” in pencil lower right, posthumous studio stamp lower right, 27.8 x 19.6cm. Slight soiling overall. Mahony drew this work while he was in London at the Langham Sketching Club (later the London Sketch Club). He was persuaded by artist Phil May to join..... More

1904. Pen and ink, captioned in image, signed and dated “Aug. ‘04” lower left, 25 x 21cm. Pinholes, slight foxing, old mount burn. Captions include “Labor”; “Fitzroy Dock tender”; “Extinction”; and “Jack Want’s fruit knife.” Towards the end of 1903, “poor economic conditions and drought” forced Sir John See’s NSW..... More

c1905. Ink and wash, signed “Drawed by Hops Understudy” lower left, 31.3 x 48.3cm. Minor tears or missing portions to edges, slight foxing. Image shows the Attorney-General Sir Charles Gregory Wade “Weighed” with a quill in his hat labelled “NSW Likker [Liquor] Act”, holding a pocket watch and auger with..... More

1906. Watercolour, titled and signed “C.W. Read” lower left to right, 50.3 x 67.8cm. Slight foxing and stains, minor missing portions and repaired tears to edges. Poseidon was an Australian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse who became the first horse to win both the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup in..... More

1907. Pen and ink, titled, signed, captioned and dated in ink below image, 30.2 x 27cm. Slight foxing and soiling overall, minor missing portions to edges. Caption reads “L.E.N. 07. Extract from a wheat farmer’s letter: ‘Share-farming is all very well so long as you only have the landowner to..... More