c1500. Tempera on vellum, 10.6 x 7.7cm. Slight cockling and paint loss upper and lower left. Framed. The Agony in the Garden refers to the events in the life of Jesus, as recorded in the New Testament, between the Farewell Discourse at the conclusion of the Last Supper and Jesus’..... More

c1780s. Pencil drawing with red chalk, 23.3 x 41.4cm (paper). Paper loss to centre and upper centre, stains to edges, creases overall. Laid down on acid-free tissue. American-born to a Quaker family, West eventually settled in London. Appointed historical painter by King George III in 1772, West helped to found..... More

1816. Watercolour with gouache, one image signed “Charles Alston” and dated “Dec’r 6, 1816” lower centre, 31.3cm (diameter, approx. each). Slight foxing and soiling. The unusual border and perspective suggest that these images were produced for a type of optical apparatus. More

1827. Pencil drawing, signed and dated “2nd March 1827” with faint annotations lower centre and right, exhibition label on backing, 25.2 x 19.1cm. Repaired tear to right edge and old creases to corners, slight soiling and foxing. Laid down on acid-free paper hinged to old backing board. Annotations include “Drawn from..... More

c1830s. Silhouette in black ink wash, captioned in ink on accompanying slip attached to frame verso, 24.1 x 14.8cm. Slight foxing and discolouration. In original Brazilian walnut veneered frame. Caption continues “St George’s Church, Bolton, Lancaster, England.” “Another clerical author, once well known in the town and district of Bolton, was..... More

c1830s-1850s. Graphite with coloured pencil and white highlight, signed “S. Gurnen [?]” with illegible annotation lower right and titled in pencil verso, 16.4 x 21.5cm (paper). Minor discolouration, tears to upper right edge. More

c1850s. Watercolour, title on mount below image, 14 x 22.5cm. Framed. “Owing to its location on the shores of Lake Lucerne…Lucerne has long been a destination for tourists…From 1850 to 1913, the population quadrupled and the flow of settlers increased. In 1856 trains first linked the city to Olten and..... More

c1860s. Watercolour with gouache, monogrammed in image lower left, titled in pencil below image, 18 x 12.9cm. Minor foxing to centre of image, glue stains to edges not affecting image. More

c1863. Pen and ink drawing, 21 x 22cm. Missing portions, tears and stains to edges and image, old glue stains verso. This drawing is a partial study for plate number 4, which was one of the 20 illustrations from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The..... More

1872. Watercolour, signed and dated lower left, 34.6 x 61.8cm. Old mount burn. More

c1880s. Watercolour with gouache, signed “G.W. Whiter” in pencil lower left, titled in ink in another hand on original accompanying label mounted below image, 43.2 x 59cm. Minor paper loss to image edges. One of the last ships built for the New Zealand Shipping Company, the Scottish-built Wanganui made her..... More

c1885. Watercolour and gouache, initialled “B.F.”[?] in image lower right, 25 x 36cm. Old paper remnants to upper and right margins, old mount burn. British watercolourist Myles Birket Foster was the known for his sentimental views of the English countryside. More

1886. Watercolour, titled and dated in ink on backing below image, 17 x 24.8cm. Foxing, crease centre left to lower left, chips to edges, trimmed corners, laid down on original backing. More