1855. Oil on paper, captioned, dated “Thursday, 15 Feb, 1855” and signed in ink and pencil on backing below image, 17.8 x 26.8cm. Minor stains, tipped to original backing. Framed. Captions include “Lat. 38-47 South. Long. 77-52 East. Off Gravesend [UK], 2 Dec, 54. Arrived off Williamstown, Vic, Mar. 6..... More
1904. Thirty-four (of 35) printout paper photographs in a leather-bound album with gilt title and edges, date “Nov. 1904” on album cover, each photograph captioned in ink on backing below image, 10 x 15cm to 14.3 x 19.8cm. Minor scuffing to album covers, page 3 missing, all images laid down..... More
c1917. Oil on canvas, signed and captioned lower left and centre, 53 x 66.5cm. Crazing, slight stains. Original frame. Owned by the Union Steam Ship Company, the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Niagara, an ocean liner launched in 1912, was intended for the Australia–Vancouver, Canada service. She was nicknamed the “Titanic..... More
![Boat Moorings]. Norman Campbell, active Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL166-24.JPG?v=1492485869)
1920. Watercolour with pencil, signed and dated lower left, 20.9 x 27.8cm. Slight foxing overall, stains and repaired missing portions to edges of image and margins. Laid down on acid-free tissue. More
![Ships On Harbour, Adelaide]. H. Wright Harrison, active 1930s Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL166-74.JPG?v=1492486449)
c1930s. Watercolour, signed lower right, 20.1 x 37.3cm. Slight foxing, stains to margins, old mount burn. More
![Pyrmont II [NSW]. Miles Evergood, Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL170-7_1.JPG?v=1492493820)
1933. Ink and wash, signed by the artist’s great-niece Gael Hammer in pencil and stamped “From the studio of Miles Evergood” verso, 7.4 x 10.4cm. Minor creases to lower edge. The reverse side of the image features a printed invitation from “Miss Yolande Proctor to view an exhibition of oils..... More
![Pinkenba [Brisbane, Queensland]. Miles Evergood, Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL170-29.JPG?v=1492493792)
1933. Watercolour, 13.1 x 17.2cm. Framed. Exhibited in Argosy Gallery, Sydney, 1933. Ref: GH213. More
![Ships On Sydney Harbour]. Sydney Ure Smith, Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL166-173.JPG?v=1492487802)
1937. Pencil with watercolour, signed and dated in pencil lower right, 25.5 x 36.6cm. Slight old mount burn. More
1939. Pencil drawing, signed and dated lower right, titled below image, 21 x 25cm. Slight foxing and soiling to image. More
![Wharfies Loading Supplies Onto A Ship]. Robert Emerson Curtis, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-37.JPG?v=1486091833)
c1940s. Pencil drawing, signed lower left, 35 x 24.8cm. Slight foxing overall. More
![SS “Nieuw Amsterdam”andHMAS “Bungaree” [Shipbuilding]. Frank Norton, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL183-128_1.JPG?v=1486012708)
1941. Pair of pencil drawings with some added coloured pencil, each captioned, dated “30/3/41” and “10/4/41”, one annotated concerning colours, 22.8 x 27.6cm (each). Minor stains overall. These drawings are from a sketch book. Captions include “New [sic] Ams.[terdam] , Ile de France” and “Detail, HMAS Bungaree, Melbourne.”. More
![Three Paddle Steamers]. Robert Emerson Curtis, 1898–1996 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL198-128.jpg?v=1576815084)
c1950s. Pencil drawing, each ship captioned, 30.7 x 21.2cm. Creases, slight stains and missing portions. Captions include (1) PS Lonsdale, 551 tons, built 1882. Stranded Port Melb. 1889, refloated 1891, broken up Melb., 1900; (2) PS Ozone, 572 tons, built 1886 for Port Phillip trade. Dismantled and sunk to form..... More
![Townsville [Queensland, Shipping Port]. Robert Emerson Curtis, 1898–1996 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL198-137.jpg?v=1576815101)
1957. Pencil drawing, titled and dated lower left, 25.9 x 36.7cm. Old vertical folds, minor creases, trimmed edges. More
![HMS “Mermaid” [and] HMS “Endeavour”. Dennis Adams, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL192-1_1.JPG?v=1524199132)
c1960s. Pair of watercolours with ink, signed and titled in ink lower right and below image, 33 x 35cm (each). Slight soiling, creases, minor tears and crinkles to edges. These watercolours were created to illustrate a publication. HMS Mermaid was purchased by the British Royal Navy in Sydney in 1817..... More
c1960s. Three gouache paintings, each captioned with ship name, two initialled and one annotated “murals in [illegible word], Pt Phillip” in pencil lower left to right, 18 x 19.2cm to 12 x 27.5cm. Slight foxing, uneven edges. Studies depict paddle steamers and steamships. Captions read (1) SS Edina rebuilt, (2)..... More
![Hunters Of The Antarctic [Whaling]. Donald Friend, 1915–1989 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL198-139.jpg?v=1576815102)
c1964. Pen and ink, initialled lower right, signed, annotated “illustration” and titled in ink below image, 21.9 x 36cm. Slight foxing to image centre, old mount burn. This image is illustrated on page 36 of Alan Villiers’ chapter “Hunters of the Antarctic” in Kangaroo Tales: A collection of Australian stories..... More
![Woman On Ship Deck]. Amie Kingston, Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL183-82.JPG?v=1486012819)
c1975. Oil on wood, 38.3 x 53.4cm. Distressed paint surface. Framed. Provenance: Lewis Morley estate. A circa 1975 portrait of Amie Kingston by Lewis Morley shows her with this painting in her studio. Ref: NPG. More
![Sandridge [Port Melbourne]. Louis Buvelot, Swiss/ Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL169-27.JPG?v=1492490594)
1866. Pencil drawing, dated and titled lower centre and right, 23 x 34.7cm. Slight foxing and soiling. Port Melbourne was first named Sandridge by William Darke, one of three surveyors sent by Governor Bourke in 1836 to survey the shore of Port Phillip Bay and plot the course of the..... More
![The Flying Squadron Anchored Between Middle And North Heads [Sydney Harbour]. Rosalie Ann Thorne,...](/pictures/thumb/CL194-34.jpg?v=1543548671)
1869. Pencil drawing, captioned and dated “13/12/69” lower right, 17.5 x 25.4cm. Minor tears and missing portions to edges. The British Royal Navy Flying Squadron, comprised of up to ten wooden ships, undertook a tour of the British colonies from 1869 to 1870, anchoring in Farm Cove for 13 days..... More
![Sydney Harbour By Night]. Louis Jacobsen](/pictures/thumb/CL169-50.JPG?v=1492491009)
1888. Oil on canvas, signed, dated and annotated “3/4” lower left, 43.3 x 63.4cm. Slight restoration to crazing and surface loss. In original frame with replaced stretcher. Shows Milsons Point ferry terminal, on the present site of the northern pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, with Fort Denison visible in..... More
c1898. Watercolour with pencil, signed “H. Stuart Wilson [fl. 1890-1902]”, dated and titled lower left to right, 23.2 x 36.4cm. Slight foxing and discolouration overall. Framed. Erroneously dated “1880” in title, as the Hereward was wrecked in 1898. More
![An 18-foot Skiff On Sydney Harbour]. George Frederick Gregory Jnr, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL194-73_1.JPG?v=1543548731)
c1890s-1900s. Watercolour with white highlight, signed lower right, 34.4 x 53cm. Slight foxing, stains. Original frame. This 18-foot skiff has a crescent moon insignia on its sail in red and black. This class of boat is called the “Aussie 18” due to its inherent connections to Australia. “In 1891 the..... More
c1904. Gouache, signed “P. Fraser” with illegible date lower right, caption with Leuwin [sic] on printed label affixed to mount below image, 24 x 36.7cm. Foxing overall. Framed. More
![Kirribilli Wharf [NSW]. F. Sidney Walker, 1888–1972 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL198-85.jpg?v=1576815281)
1922. Pencil drawing, titled, signed and dated “18.11.22” below image, 8.8 x 9.2cm. Tear to right edge, slight foxing to image. Shows a Sydney K-class ferry departing a wharf. K-class ferries (mostly vessels with names beginning with the letter “K”) were in service from 1891 to 1985. Ref: Wiki, Sydney..... More
![Yachts]. David Bromley, b.1960 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL166-23.JPG?v=1492485868)