c1894. Ink and wash with affixed slips of letterpress and postage stamp, signed lower left, titled on backing verso, 44 x 28.9cm. Foxing, soiling, laid down on original backing. The centre panel depicts the character “The Little Boy from Manly”, created by Hopkins in 1885 in relation to the Sudan..... More

1895. Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, 54.3 x 23.9cm. Pinhole to upper right corner, slight soiling. Framed. This painting was exhibited at the Royal Art Society of NSW in 1895, as referenced in their catalogue. Sydney-born Alfred Ernest Starkey was the youngest son of a wealthy soft-drink..... More

1896. Watercolour on card, monogrammed in watercolour, dated and titled in faint pencil below image, 40.5 x 24.5cm. Pinholes, creases and slight foxing. Frank Prout Mahony was the first Australian-born artist whose work was purchased by the Art Gallery of NSW. He was a well-known illustrator during the latter part..... More

c1900. Pair of gouaches, 28.9 x 22.7cm and 33.1 x 38cm. One with scuffed edges, the other with foxing to upper left and lower right portions, tears and missing portion to lower edge, creases and pinholes. These images are consistent with other works by Lister Lister, which were used as..... More

c1900. Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 53cm. Slight perforations to image edges and paint loss to lower portion, minor soiling to upper portion of image. Period frame. 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. Watercolour with white highlight, signed and dated lower right, 16 x 24.2cm. Minor foxing to left edge. Framed. Most likely intended to be included as an illustration for Frank Fox’s book Australia, published in 1910. Ref: ADB. More

1910. Ink drawing on card, signed lower left, titled, dated “25/4/10” and annotated with poem in ink and pencil, with letterpress publishing receipt attached verso, 28.2 x 23cm. Minor soiling, pinholes to margins. Annotations include Young’s address at “Grange Road, Toorak, Victoria.” The handwritten poem reads “The autumn days for..... 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