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

1816. Double-sided watercolour with ink and pencil, one image in panorama format with two images verso titled, dated “March 1st” or “March 17th, 1816” with obscured signature “D. Rob…” in ink lower right, 18.7 x 16.9cm (panorama). Old vertical fold, missing portions to corners and fold, pinholes, slight foxing and..... More

c1820s. Oil on glass, 48.7 x 33.5cm. Paint loss. Framed. This Chinese reverse glass painting was done in the Qajar style of portraiture, used from 1781 to 1925 during the late Persian Empire. “Reverse painting on glass [painted from the underside] is not a native tradition in China. It has..... More

c1830s. Pen and ink, captioned lower centre, annotated in another hand in ink in lower margin, 6.2 x 19.7cm. Repaired old folds and creases, laid down on old album page. Caption continues “center bearing West, 4½ leagues.” Annotation reads “Views taken on board the brig Peggy, from Liverpool to the..... More

c1834. Watercolour, titled lower centre, captioned in later hand in pencil on frame verso, 23.8 x 16.5cm. Slight foxing, mount burn. Framed. Caption reads “Servant of Lord William Bentinck, Governor of Madras 1803–1807, Governor-General of India 1828–1835.” Lord William Bentinck (1774–1839) was a British soldier and statesman who has been..... More

c1850s. Watercolour and pencil, annotated “Lady Selina Hinde” in pencil verso, 25.4 x 42.1cm. Foxing to centre and upper portion, discolouration and old glue stains to edges. 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

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

c1890s. Watercolour, 31.3 x 19.5cm. Repaired tears, crazing and creases, stains, paint loss, original backing. More

c1890s. Watercolour and gouache, initialled lower right, 17.7 x 19.3cm. Slight foxing and stains. Hercules Brabazon Brabazon was an English artist accomplished in “Turner-manner watercolours.” Brabazon stated that he “lived for art and sunshine,” and as he regarded himself as a “gentleman amateur” he did not show or try to..... More

c1897. Group of six watercolours, one dated and most titled and initialled “M.D.T.” in pencil lower left to right, some annotated or numbered in various hands in pencil verso, sizes range from 11 x 14.3cm to 20.4 x 27cm. Foxing and mount burn overall. Titles read: (a) Abyssynian dwelling, Jerusalem..... More