[Chinese Trades]
c1890s. Eight watercolours, 17.2 x 15.5cm to 23.7 x 21.4cm. Slight creases, foxing or soiling to some images. Subjects include sewing, embroidery, entertainment, and merchants of birds and plants. More
c1890s. Eight watercolours, 17.2 x 15.5cm to 23.7 x 21.4cm. Slight creases, foxing or soiling to some images. Subjects include sewing, embroidery, entertainment, and merchants of birds and plants. More
c1950s. Oil on board, signed “Lesley” upper right, 49.5 x 42cm. Slight soiling to surface. Original frame with flaking paint. Background includes crab or fishing traps. More
c1930s. Oil on canvas, signed lower right, 44.5 x 59.7cm. Framed. More
c1930s. Double-sided oil painting on paper, signature incised into image lower right, titled and signed in ink below image verso, 68.2 x 50cm. Pinholes, missing portions and tears to edges, slight crinkles. Verso image shows a musician playing a banjo. Maurice Bilton was a lecturer at Ridgewood Art Institute (RAI)..... More
1932. Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 39.6 x 58.8cm. Framed. More
c1930s. Three watercolours, each signed lower right, 30.8 x 16.2cm (approx. each, paper size). Slight stains and foxing overall, minor cockling, chips and discolouration to edges. The Japanese term for a rickshaw runner is jinrikisha, which literally translates as man-powered wheels. The rickshaw was invented in Japan. More
c1950s. Gouache and ink on coloured paper, signed in ink lower right, 29 x 20.5cm. Soiling to margins and verso. Work represented in MoMA; Smithsonian. William Victor (Bill) Gropper was an American cartoonist, painter, lithographer, and muralist. A committed radical, Gropper is best known for the political work he contributed..... More
c1840s. Group of four watercolours with gouache and highlight, each titled in pencil verso, 26 x 35.5cm (approx. each). Four types of water cures are illustrated. Titles include “Lamp Treatment; Sitz Bath; Wata [sic] Cure, Packing.” In the mid-19th century there was a popular revival of the water cure (hydrotherapy)..... More