Entrance To Government House
1851. Lithograph, titled in pencil in lower margin, 13.2 x 23.8cm. Foxing, stains, handling creases, missing upper left corner and portions of lower margin. More
1851. Lithograph, titled in pencil in lower margin, 13.2 x 23.8cm. Foxing, stains, handling creases, missing upper left corner and portions of lower margin. More
c1851. Pencil drawing, titled lower right, 14 x 20.7cm. Minor foxing, soiling and creases. Ref: State Library of NSW. More
1851. Salt paper print, signed, captioned “Strasbourg” and dated in negative lower right, 33.1 x 22.9cm. “Henri Le Secq, a painter and antiquarian, collected Old Master prints and medieval ironwork. As the son of a politician, Le Secq became an expert on his native Paris and the self-appointed guardian of..... More
1851. Salt paper print, signed, captioned “Strasbourg” and dated in negative lower left, 32.5 x 23.3cm. Slight soiling. More
c1851. Salt paper print, annotated “176” in pencil and photographer’s stamped signature on backing below image, 27.5 x 21cm. Slight soiling to lower edge. In 1851 the Commission des Monuments Historiques chose Baldus and four others to form the Mission Héliographique to document the architectural heritage of France. This photograph..... More
1851. Two lithographs, each monogrammed in image lower left and titled in pencil in lower margin, 20 x 14.7cm and 13.5 x 22.5cm. Slight foxing, creases, one with minor perforation and stains to edges. Both images appeared in Martens’ Sketches Illustrative of the Scenery of New South Wales, 1851. Ref..... More
c1851. Pencil sketch, captioned in image upper left, 13 x 18.8cm. Tears and creases to upper edge, foxing, soiling. Another pencil sketch of an archway attached to a building appears verso. The Australasian Steam Navigation Company was a shipping company which operated between 1839 and 1887. It was “formed from the..... More
c1853. Three hand-coloured lithographs, each initialled “G.K.E.F.” in image and titled in ink below image, one annotated “No. 5” in ink above image, 17.3 x 25.4cm (approx. each). Slight stains and minor paper loss with some repairs to margins, old mount burn. All titles include “Australia”, and read “Branding cattle..... More
1853. Hardcover octavo in quarter-leather and buckram binding, gilt title with date on leather label attached to front cover, 24 x 15cm. Front board split from text block, slight stains and scuffing overall. This book contains 62 examples of needlework, including crochet, knitting, quilting, tatting, and embroidery. The samples are..... More
1853. Hardcover octavo in brown cloth, gilt stamp and text to front and spine, previous owner’s name and annotation “won at Randwick 1929” in ink on flyleaf, 22.6 x 15cm. Damaged backstrip, split gutter between boards and text block, bumping to corners, slight foxing to interior. Published by Ingram, Cooke..... More
1853-1854. Punch’s Pocket Book was a “travel-sized” annual publication based on the British satirical magazine Punch. It included an almanac, cash account log, a daily diary, business information, short stories, poetry, and cartoons. The Pocket Book was illustrated by prominent illustrators, including John Leech. Ref: Bandeis Uni., USA. (1) [Punch’s..... More
c1854. Hand-coloured lithograph, initialled with text including title in image lower left to right, 9.8 x 14.6cm. Laid down on original backing. Text reads “Allen & Wigley Lith., George [Street].” The Oriental Bank Corporation was established in 1851 in India and soon became a multinational network with a head office..... More
c1854. Lithograph, text including captions, name of lithographer and surveyors, annotated in ink on image upper right and verso, 54.3 x 39.8cm. Missing portions, tears, stains, old folds. Text includes “J. Allan Lithog., 23 Bridge St. Brownrigg & Roe, Surveyors.” Annotations include “Day of sale, Monday, 13 Nov[ember], Mort’s Rooms.” The..... More
1854-1855. Etching, initialled in plate upper centre, 14.5 x 26cm. Minor foxing overall, slight tears, perforations and stains to margins, old mount burn. Held in The Met, NY, with the comment “Whistler made his first etching while employed as a draftsman at the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in Washington..... More
c1855. Hand-coloured lithograph, title below image, 14.6 x 20.4cm. Time staining, creases and paper loss to margins. Text reads “Published for the proprietor by S. Knights, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill. Standidge & Co. Litho, London.” There were 164,000 convicts transported from Great Britain to Australia from 1788 to 1868. Ref: Wiki..... More
c1855. Salt paper photograph, signed with address “113 [rue St] Lazare” in ink on image lower left, 16 x 10.4cm. Slight foxing. Original frame. Émile Augier (1820-1889) was a popular French dramatist who wrote comedies about the virtues of middle-class life. A similar portrait by Nadar of Emile Augier is..... More
1855. Sheet music, engraved cover, facsimile signature of composer and singer Henry Russell in image lower left, 34 x 24.1cm (paper). Old paper tape and tears to edges, minor foxing to image, front sheet loose. Text reads “Musical Bouquet. Written and sung by Harry Lee Carter, in his entertainment of..... More
c1855. Pencil with wash, signed “Bowman” in image lower left, 13.5 x 16.6cm. Slight creases and stains, minor tears to edges not affecting image. After the steel engraving by F.C. Terry, published in 1855. More
1856. Hand-coloured tinted lithograph, initialled, date and title in image lower left to right, 15.7 x 22cm. Old mount burn. Text reads “Allen & Wigley, Lith., Syd.” Illustrated in Bowden, Samuel Thomas Gill, Artist, 1971, p86. During his eight years in Sydney, Gill completed a number of lithographs of the..... More
1856. Hand-coloured lithograph, initials “S.T.G.”, title and text below image, 10.3 x 17cm. Repaired minor tears and creases to corners, slight foxing and paper remnants to image upper centre, trimmed margins. Laid down on acid-free paper. Text continues “Allan & Wigley. Lith., Syd.” Held in NLA. “The Sydney Mechanics’ School..... More
1856. Hand-coloured engraving with aquatint, signed “H. Hall” in image centre left, artist, engraver, title and text in plate below image, 46.8 x 66.2cm (image). Repaired major tear to margin and image centre left, slight foxing. Framed. Text reads “Bred in 1834 by Humphrey Clinker. Dam by Cervantes. Painted by..... More
1856. Ink and watercolour on paper, dated “August 1st, 1856” and inscribed “William H. Wells, surveyor” in ink lower left, titled in ink verso, 43.3 x 34cm. Old folds. This map shows the early streets around Woolloomooloo in Sydney: Dowling, Duke, Brougham and Victoria Streets. Also notes the site of..... More
1856. Hardcover quarto with quarter leather and buckram boards, containing 71 tinted lithographs: one printed in colour and two with hand-colouring, each accompanied by topographical descriptions in Danish, with artist, lithographer, title and publisher’s line “Em. Baerentzen & Cos. Forlag, eneberettiget” in lower margin, 36.1 x 30cm. Boards split and..... More
1856. Letterpress and ink, inscribed and dated “December 25, 1856” in ink, 20.8 x 22.1cm. Old folds, stains and minor perforations. This certificate, No. 226, was issued to “Hy [Henry] Bazin” in the district of Creswick for the cost of one pound. During the mid-19th century the gold output from..... More
1857. Letterpress on parchment paper, inscribed and dated in ink, 21.1 x 22.5cm. Old folds, creases, stains and soiling overall. Inscriptions include “[District] Sandhurst. 16 March 1857. [Issued to] John August Niemann.” This permit was most likely issued to a Johannn August “John” Niemann born in 1836 in Bremen, Germany..... More