c1880s. Watercolour with gouache, signed “G.W. Whiter” in pencil lower left, titled in ink in another hand on original accompanying label mounted below image, 43.2 x 59cm. Minor paper loss to image edges. One of the last ships built for the New Zealand Shipping Company, the Scottish-built Wanganui made her..... More
c1916. Oil on canvas, titled lower centre, 44 x 58cm. Minor surface loss to centre of image, slight soiling and crazing overall. Original frame. HMS Talbot was a cruiser built for the British Royal Navy in the mid-1890s. During WWI Talbot participated in the Battle of Gallipoli. The cruiser was..... More
1916. Watercolour, titled, signed and dated lower left, annotated and signed in pencil verso, 21.8 x 31.9cm. Slight foxing. Annotation reads “I can guarantee this is an authentic sketch of the warship in question. W.M. Birchall.” HMS Warspite was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship “built for the Royal Navy during the..... More
![Shipyard]. Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953 British](/pictures/thumb/CL198-109.jpg?v=1576815055)
c1934. Wash with pencil, signed in pencil lower right, 10.6 x 21.6cm. Laid down on original backing. Scottish etcher and watercolourist Muirhead Bone “became known for his depiction of industrial and architectural subjects and his work as a war artist in both the First and Second World Wars. Bone was..... More
1840. Watercolour, captioned, dated “9th August 1840” and signed “William” in pencil verso, 24.8 x 34.6cm. Creases to corners, slight tears to edges, foxing to right and centre of image. Caption continues “on the 9th August, 1840, in latitude 39 south meridian of Greenwich. William, HM 63’ Rgt.” HMS Seringapatam..... More
c1840s-1850s. Gouache, 17.9 x 24.8cm. Slight foxing to upper portion. Framed. Image shows American, French, British and Danish flags flying above foreigner hongs (trading posts). The hongs that appear in this painting were burnt down in 1856 during the Second Opium War and the western traders relocated to warehouses across..... More
c1890s. Oil on canvas, typed caption on accompanying label, 29.1 x 37.7cm. Slight surface loss to edges and crazing overall, laid down on archival backing, new stretcher. In period frame. Caption reads “Tsinan - 1886/1909. 2269 tons, built by Scotts for China Navigation Co. for the China/Australia trade. 1909 sold..... More
![Poole Harbour [Dorset, UK]. Miles Evergood, Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL170-4_1.JPG?v=1492493801)
c1913. Pencil drawing, signed by the artist’s great-niece Gael Hammer in pencil and stamped “From the studio of Miles Evergood” verso, 9.4 x 13.1cm. Slight discolouration to edges. Illustrated in Hammer, Miles Evergood: No end of passion, 2013, p48. Exhibited at the Great Synagogue, Sydney, 1989. Ref: GH111. More
1950 and 1953. Watercolour, one titled, both signed “William K. Kerr” and dated lower left to right, 38.8 x 56.7cm. Pinholes, slight stains, minor paper remnants and paper loss to edges. More