1894. Watercolour, signed and dated lower right, 29 x 21.4cm. Slight foxing. Framed. John Mitchell Cantle was an architectural draughtsman and railway surveyor, but is best known as an ornithological painter, illustrator, cartoonist and postcard designer. Ref: State Library of NSW. More

1894-1895. Double-sided watercolour, each image captioned, dated “Feb. 16th, 1895” or “21 Oct. 1894” and signed lower left or right, 25 x 48cm. Slight foxing to images. 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. 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

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

1903. Ink and wash with highlight, artwork for publication, three handwritten stanzas, signed and dated lower centre, 35.4 x 29.5cm. Foxing, discolouration, laid down on original backing. Framed. This illustrated poem was published in the The Town and Country Journal, Christmas issue, 1903. The verses read “‘Alas’, sighed the ‘Roo..... 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

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

1909. Pen and ink with newsprint slips, captioned “All this lot” and signed by “Hop his Understuddy [sic]”, 48.1 x 29.8cm. Slight stains, correctional overlay to illustration upper right. The themes of this cartoon include Kaiser Bill (Wilhelm II) and the press, women’s opposition to NSW Premier Charles Wade for..... More

c1910. Oil on board, titled in image upper centre, titled with faded signature in pencil on label attached to frame verso, 22.7 x 12.5cm. Surface loss, slight soiling. Original frame. Melbourne-born artist and writer, Alice Jane Muskett was an early pupil of Julian Ashton, who recognized her talent and beauty..... More

c1910. Crayon drawing, signed and captioned in ink below image, 27 x 17.2cm. Slight tears to right edge, creases and slight foxing. Caption reads “Slimm: ‘Yes, I’m an artist now.’ Stoutt: ‘Oh! One of these bally chaps who paint pictures & study from the leud, eh?’” A good friend of..... More