c1920s-1930s. Watercolour with pencil, titled in Chinese in lower margin, 23 x 31.4cm. Slight crease to upper left corner, foxing overall. Prov.: W.A. Pennell estate. In 1860 during the Second Opium War, two British envoys, a journalist for The Times and their escort of British and Indian troopers met with..... 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
c1930s. Watercolour, 20.3 x 30.5cm. Minor foxing to upper portion of image. 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 an accomplished artist who taught and employed local artists..... More
c1930s. Watercolour, 20.4 x 30.5cm. Slight 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 an accomplished artist who taught and employed local artists. Pennell and his family..... More
c1930s. Watercolour, annotated “1” in pencil verso, 31.4 x 20.3cm. Slight foxing and creases to margins. 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 an accomplished artist who taught..... More
c1930s. Pencil drawing, titled and signed in pencil on backing below image, 7.4 x 14cm. Minor surface loss and foxing to image, tipped to original backing. Carl Newland Werntz was an American painter, fine arts photographer, illustrator, cartoonist and educator who founded the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Werntz was..... 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
![Broom Seller, Fishmonger, Rickshaw Runner, Japan]. Takashi Nakayama, Japanese](/pictures/thumb/CL173-88_1.JPG?v=1492652473)
c1930s. Three watercolours, each signed lower right, 30.8 x 16.2cm (approx. each, paper size). Slight stains and foxing overall, minor cockling, chips and discolouration to edges. The Japanese term for a rickshaw runner is jinrikisha, which literally translates as man-powered wheels. The rickshaw was invented in Japan. More
![Village Landscape]. B. Majumdar, Indian](/pictures/thumb/CL173-101.JPG?v=1492652444)
c1930s. Oil on canvas, signed lower left, 49 x 66.7cm. Slight surface loss, soiling and crazing. Framed. More
![Man With Oxen Ploughing A Rice Paddy]. B. Majumdar, Indian](/pictures/thumb/CL173-102.JPG?v=1492652445)
c1930s. Oil on canvas, signed lower right, 44.5 x 59.7cm. Framed. More
![Wellington Harbour From Mt. Victoria, New Zealand]. Roland Hipkins, NZ](/pictures/thumb/CL176-56.JPG?v=1492661070)
c1930s. Watercolour, signed by Hipkins lower left, title and artist’s name in an unknown hand in ink on accompanying old label, 40.1 x 35cm. Old mount burn. More
![Spanish Farm With Mills And Covered Wagon]. fl Aust., s](/pictures/thumb/CL176-100.JPG?v=1492661797)
c1930s. Watercolour, unsigned, 30 x 32cm. Pinholes to edges. Provenance: artist’s estate. Information about Betty Solomons seems to be scarce. She appears to have studied pottery at the Technical Education Department in Sydney, with her name listed in the Department’s published examination results in 1923. From 1925 she was known..... More
![Racehorse]. Attrib. Martin Stainforth, Brit./Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL176-113.JPG?v=1492661808)
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, signed lower left, titled in pencil verso, 39.2 x 57cm. Pinholes, minor missing portions to corners. Artist Hugh Nevill-Smith was also a teacher of voice/singing at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Sydney during the 1930s. He exhibited and travelled extensively, including the USA, and especially in Phoenix..... More
![Grand Canyon [Arizona, US]. H. Nevill-Smith, active 1930s-1950s Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL192-112.JPG?v=1524199141)
c1930s. Watercolour, signed lower left, partially illegible caption in pencil verso, 39 x 56.7cm. Pinholes. More
![View Of Vesuvius Taken From Mergellina, Naples [Italy]. H. Nevill-Smith, active 1930s-1950s Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL192-113.JPG?v=1524199141)
c1930s. Watercolour, signed in ink lower right, captioned by Nevill-Smith and annotated in another hand in pencil verso, 35.4 x 49.1cm. Pinholes, foxing. Annotation reads “Miss Lucy Fyers, Lake Road, Te Kawhata, New Zealand.”. More
![View Of The Famous Old Castle At Island Ischia, Near Naples [Aragonese Castle, Italy]. H....](/pictures/thumb/CL192-114.JPG?v=1524199142)
c1930s. Watercolour, signed in ink lower left, captioned in pencil verso, 37.3 x 49.7cm. Pinholes, slight foxing to image left. More
![View Of Capri Taken From In Front Of Hotel “Belle Vue” [Italy]. H. Nevill-Smith, active...](/pictures/thumb/CL192-115.JPG?v=1524199142)
c1930s. Watercolour with pencil, signed lower right, titled in pencil verso, 34.8 x 52.8cm. Pinholes and minor creases to upper edge. Artist Hugh Nevill-Smith was also a teacher of voice/singing at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Sydney during the 1930s. He exhibited and travelled extensively, including the USA, and..... More
![Two Men Harvesting Cabbages]. P. Liekendael, Belgian](/pictures/thumb/CL168-93.JPG?v=1492489416)
1932. Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 39.6 x 58.8cm. Framed. More
![Winter Scene With Figure At Farm Gate]. H. Leslie Smith, Canadian](/pictures/thumb/CL175-146.JPG?v=1492660316)
1932. Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 58.5 x 74.2cm. Minor crazing, some soiling and scuffing to surface. Framed. More
![Harlesden, NW10 [London]. Horace Brodzky, Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL183-12.JPG?v=1486091810)
1934. Ink drawing, signed, dated and titled lower left to right, 41.8 x 25.2cm. Pinholes and minor missing portions below image, old mount burn. More
![Spanish Village]. fl. Aust., s](/pictures/thumb/CL176-109.JPG?v=1492661806)
1934. Watercolour, signed and dated lower left, 33 x 39.8cm. Pinholes to edges. Provenance: artist’s estate. More
![Shipyard]. Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953 British](/pictures/thumb/CL198-109.jpg?v=1576815055)
c1934. Wash with pencil, signed in pencil lower right, 10.6 x 21.6cm. Laid down on original backing. Scottish etcher and watercolourist Muirhead Bone “became known for his depiction of industrial and architectural subjects and his work as a war artist in both the First and Second World Wars. Bone was..... More
![Castle In Spain]. active Aust., s](/pictures/thumb/CL192-159.JPG?v=1524199175)
1935. Watercolour with pencil, signed and dated lower right, 35.4 x 36.6cm. Foxing overall. Provenance: artist’s estate. More
