Ghost Town
c1973. Lithograph, titled and signed in pencil below image, 40.4 x 65.5cm. Repaired tears to left and right edges, slight paper loss to image lower left, old mount burn. The town is most likely Hammond in South Australia. More
c1973. Lithograph, titled and signed in pencil below image, 40.4 x 65.5cm. Repaired tears to left and right edges, slight paper loss to image lower left, old mount burn. The town is most likely Hammond in South Australia. More
1976. Etching and aquatint, titled, editioned 2/12, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 16 x 24.2cm. Minor cockling and foxing to margins. Framed. More
1977. Soft-ground etching, editioned 78/90, signed and dated “24.4.77” in pencil in lower margin, 20 x 24.9cm. Ref: Kolenberg #21. Besides his painting and drawing, Rees created just 23 etchings up to 1977, and thereafter the only prints he worked on were lithographs. More
1978. Soft-ground etching, editioned 90/90 in pencil, and signed and dated in ink in lower margin, 25 x 30.4cm. Minor surface loss to upper margin. From the 1978 series Tribute to Sydney. Ref: Kolenberg #27. More
1979. Softground etching with watercolour, annotated “A/P” and “Softground watercolour etching”, titled, signed and dated in ink in lower margin, 9.7 x 17.2cm. Slight stains to margins, old mount burn. This etching is after the watercolour study from Rees’ “A Tribute to Sydney” series. The view was taken “from the..... More
c1981. Etching, annotated “etching, 1st state“ and “A/P 2/5”, titled and signed in pencil in lower margin, 19.7 x 13.6cm. Soiling and foxing. Framed. Held in NGA. More
1982. Lithograph, editioned 62/75, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 30.1 x 40.1cm. Slight foxing overall. Ref: Kolenberg #67. More
1982. Etching, editioned 48/100, titled, dated and signed in pencil in lower margin, 17 x 26.9cm. Slight surface loss to lower portion of image. Abbotsleigh is a private girls’ school in the upper north shore of Sydney, founded in 1885. Austin Platt may have included this image among his illustrations..... More
1982. Suite of 13 lithographs, first two images editioned 38/40, the rest editioned 38/75, each signed and dated in pencil with printer “Fred Genis” blind stamp in lower margin, sizes range from 30.4 x 40cm to 30 x 57.3cm. In original folio, as issued. The entire suite is illustrated in..... More
1984/1985. Lithograph with watercolour, initialled “L.R.”, signed twice, and dated “’85” twice on image in black and blue ink upper left and lower right, 16.7 x 22.3cm. Slight foxing to lower margin. Ref: Kolenberg #89. Uncoloured copy held in NGA. This lithograph was signed by Rees in two different time..... More
1986. Etching with aquatint, titled, editioned 24/30, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 25.1 x 50.4cm. Slight foxing overall. Depicts the Goldsbrough Mort building which was built in 1883 as a wool store. Held in NGA. More
1988. Colour screenprint, editioned 49/99, annotated “for Sam”, titled, signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 54 x 54.4cm. More
1992. Colour lithograph, editioned 22/35, titled, signed and dated in pencil below image, 36.7 x 46.4cm. Minor cockling. Framed. Held in QUT Art Collection, Brisbane. More
1866–1868. Two colour lithographs, signed in image lower right, each with title and one with “Hamel & Ferguson Lithographers” blind stamp in lower margin, 33.3 x 48.9cm and 30.1 x 48.5cm. One with repaired tears to margins including image edges, slight soiling. Both plates are from a series of 24..... More
1789. Engraving, artist, title and date in plate below image, 20.2 x 25.6cm. Unevenly trimmed margins, repaired tears to left margin, minor crinkles, foxing. Laid down on acid-free tissue. Text reads “R. Cleveley, delt. T. Medland, sculp. Published June 4, 1789 by J. Stockdale.” Illustrated in The Voyage of Governor..... More
1802/1807. Hand-coloured engraving, artist and title in plate below image, 14.8 x 21cm (image). Repaired tear to image centre and lower portion, slight rubbing and soiling to margins. Framed. Text includes “C.A. Lesueur del. J. Milbert direx. Gravé à l’eau-forte par Pillement et terminé par Née. Vue d’une Partie de..... More
1812. Engraving, text including artist, engraver, title and date in plate below image, 26 x 38.6cm. Trimmed to platemark, foxing overall, repaired creases and tears to edges. Framed. Text includes “Drawn by J. Eyre. Engraved by W. Preston. Dedicated to his Excellency Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales, published..... More
1820. Hand-coloured engraving, artist, title and date in plate above and below image, 23.4 x 34cm. Text includes “IX. Engrav’d by W. Preston from a drawing by Capt’n Wallis, 46th Reg’t. London. Pub’d Sept’r 1, 1820, at R. Ackermann’s, 101 Strand.” Held in NGA. More
c1818/1821. Hand-coloured engraving, text including plate number “I”, artist, engraver, title and date in plate below image, 40.8 x 60.5cm. Old vertical fold, slight foxing and repaired minor tears to margins. Laid down on acid-free paper. Text reads “Engraved by W. Preston from an original drawing by Capt. Wallis, 46th..... More
1824. Hand-coloured aquatint with etching, text with artist, title and date in plate below image, 17.3 x 27.3cm. Minor foxing, slight creases to margins. Framed. Text includes “J. Lycett del et execut’r. London, published Sept’r 1st, 1824, by J. Souter, 73 St Paul’s Church Yard.”. More
1829. Seven engravings including title page, each engraving titled and captioned “Drawn and engraved by J. Carmichael, Sydney” in restored text below image, 25.3 x 19cm (title page); 14.8 x 22.9cm (approx. each). Trimmed platemarks, pinholes, minor foxing or stains. All laid down on acid-free backing. Titles read: (1) Sydney..... More
c1829/1833. Hand-coloured lithograph, artist and title below image, 26.1 x 32.2cm. Framed. Text includes “de Sainson pinx. Tastu editeur. Lith. de Langlumé. N. Vander Burch lith. Fig. par V. Adam.” From D’Urville, Voyage de la corvette l’Astrolabe, Paris, 1833. Held in NGA; NLA. Image shows the old Government Stables designed..... More
1833. Hand-coloured lithograph, 25.2 x 33.4cm. Framed. Text includes “Pl. 31. de Sainson pinx. A. St Aulaire lith. J. Tastu editeur. Lith. de Lemercier.” Held in NGA. More
c1838. Engraving, 6.9 x 9.5cm. Slight foxing, minor tear to right edge. Text includes “NB: Every description of vessels under 500 tons register built by...The most approved models & repaired boats, spars...” This advertisement appeared in an early Sydney directory. More
c1838. Hand-coloured lithograph, text including artist’s name and title above and below image, 26.3 x 40.1cm. Slight discolouration, stains to margins. Framed. Text includes “Voyage la frégate la Vénus. Atlas pittoresque. Ménard del’t. Lith. de Thierry frères. Lith. par Bichebois. Fig. par Bayot. Pendant le séjour de la Vénus en..... More