Fine Art

  • The Birds of Australia (complete set)

    # 47089

    GOULD, John (1804 - 1881); GOULD, Elizabeth (1804 - 1841); RICHTER, Henry Constantine (1821 - 1902)

    The Birds of Australia (complete set)

    London : printed by Richard and John Taylor for the author, 1848. Seven volumes, imperial folio, finely bound by Sotheran and Co. in full green crushed morocco over boards, elaborate gilt panels and rules, spine in compartments with raised bands, lettered and tooled in gilt (bindings with some light edge rubbing and scuffs); all edges …

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  • Joy of Summer (c.1938)

    # 45770

    LINDSAY, Norman (1879-1969)

    Joy of Summer (c.1938)

    Oil on canvas, 49 x 39 cm; signed upper left; framed (frame size 75 x 65 cm), with certificate of authenticity from Lindsay authority Lin Bloomfield verso.

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  • Sir Robert Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia : signed portrait photograph, inscribed for British Prime Minister Harold Wilson

    # 46796

    [MENZIES, Robert Gordon, Sir, 1894-1978]

    Sir Robert Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia : signed portrait photograph, inscribed for British Prime Minister Harold Wilson

    Gelatin silver print, 270 x 220 mm; inscribed, signed and dated on the mount ‘for Harold Wilson, with warm regards Robert Menzies / 1965’; fine condition, presented in a silver frame, housed in a custom blue velvet-lined case. Sir Robert Menzies (1894-1978) served two terms as Prime Minister of Australia, the first from 1939 to …

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  • [AMERICAN CIVIL WAR] Henry Morton Stanley : a rare studio portrait of the African explorer in his Union naval uniform, taken during his service on USS Minnesota in late 1864 or early 1865.

    # 46765

    STANLEY, Henry Morton [ROWLANDS, John]

    [AMERICAN CIVIL WAR] Henry Morton Stanley : a rare studio portrait of the African explorer in his Union naval uniform, taken during his service on USS Minnesota in late 1864 or early 1865.

    Albumen print photograph (a copy print made in 1872 from a print made by an unidentified American studio in 1864-65), carte de visite format, 103 x 63 mm (mount); verso with imprint of ‘J. Laing, Portrait & Landscape Photographer, Miniature & Portrait Painter. Castle Street, Shrewsbury’, and with an inscription in ink by the original …

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  • Night fall in the ti-tree

    # 47128

    TEAGUE, Violet; REDE, Geraldine

    Night fall in the ti-tree

    Woodcuts by Geraldine Rede and Violet Teague. Melbourne and London : Sign of the Rabbit and Elgin Mathews, 1906. Small folio, ribbon-tied woodcut-printed wrappers (lightly rubbed, ribbons replaced, the original silk ribbon as always deteriorated, and preserved separately), illustrated endpapers, fourteen leaves folded in the Japanese manner illustrated with original woodcuts by Teague and Rede, …

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  • Past unfolded 1986

    # 47075

    JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)

    Past unfolded 1986

    Gouache on card, 175 x 125 mm (image), with additional pencil drawing and title in lower margin, 280 x 180 mm (card), inscribed lower margin ‘Past Unfolded 1986’, floating mount, framed in black timber (43 x 46 cms). A fine original painting by the great Australian abstract artist Robert Jacks, sourced directly from the artist’s …

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  • Those two daring pirates

    # 47072

    HABY, Gracia and JENNISON, Louise [Gracia & Louise]

    Those two daring pirates

    [Melbourne] : the artists, 2004. Artist’s book, 180 mm tall, 22 page concertina offset lithograph with original hand colouring, bound in coloured fabric, initialled by the artists. Printed in an edition of 30 copies with one artist’s proof, this is copy 13/30. A colourful celebration of the cultural life of New Orleans, Louisiana. “[These two …

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  • [AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; MEDICINE] Studio portrait of Mary Edwards Walker, the first American female surgeon and the only woman to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Manchester, 1866.

    # 46766

    WALKER, Mary Edwards (1832-1919)

    [AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; MEDICINE] Studio portrait of Mary Edwards Walker, the first American female surgeon and the only woman to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Manchester, 1866.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 101 x 64 mm (mount); lower margin recto with imprint of ‘Joseph B. Forster, Pho.’, and a roughly contemporary inscription in pencil identifying the sitter as ‘Dr. Mary Walker’; verso with the studio’s printed motto ‘Light and Truth’; in very good condition. A rare full-length studio portrait of …

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  • Queen Elizabeth II : signed photograph ("Elizabeth R"), also signed by Prince Philip. 1955.

    # 47037

    [ADAMS, Marcus]

    Queen Elizabeth II : signed photograph (“Elizabeth R”), also signed by Prince Philip. 1955.

    Gelatin silver print photograph, 200 x 150 mm, on its original plain card mount signed in fountain pen in the bottom margin by both Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth R) and Prince Philip (Philip) with the date 1955 in between the two signatures; the photograph is in fine condition; the royal signatures are both strong and …

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  • Daguerreotype portrait of a young woman.

    # 43401

    [Photographer unknown].

    Daguerreotype portrait of a young woman.

    [U.S.A., 1860-65]. Sixth plate daguerreotype with applied colour, 70 x 57 mm (sight); in excellent condition, in the original large oval brass mat, housed in the original octagon thermoplastic case with geometric design (Berg 3-218).  

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  • Daguerreotype portrait of two sisters with arms linked.

    # 43404

    [Photographer unknown].

    Daguerreotype portrait of two sisters with arms linked.

    [U.S.A., 1850-55]. Sixth plate daguerreotype with applied colour, 60 x 70 mm (sight); in excellent condition in the original nonpareil brass mat, housed in the original in a leather case with geometric design (working brass clasp).

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  • Daguerreotype portrait of a young brother and sister.

    # 43382

    [Photographer unknown].

    Daguerreotype portrait of a young brother and sister.

    [U.S.A., 1850-55]. Sixth plate daguerreotype with applied colour, 70 x 60 mm (sight); in excellent condition in the original nonpareil brass mat, housed in the original leather case with floral and geometric designs (two working brass clasps).

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  • Lajamunu women holding discussion with Hazel Hawke at Barunga, Northern Territory, 1988

    # 46883

    FORD, Sue (1943-2009)

    Lajamunu women holding discussion with Hazel Hawke at Barunga, Northern Territory, 1988

    Gelatin print, 40 x 60 cm; artist’s proof (from edition of 5); unmounted; fine condition. An important documentary photograph by acclaimed Australian feminist photographer, Sue Ford (1943-2009). Provenance: Gift of Sue Ford to her friend, Virginia Fraser (c.1989). Estate of Virginia Fraser (1947-2021), feminist, artist, writer, editor and curator. For an insightful analysis of Ford’s …

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  • A souvenir of the Great World War and the glorious part played by Australia and New Zealand.

    # 46815

    [Maker unknown].

    A souvenir of the Great World War and the glorious part played by Australia and New Zealand.

    [United Kingdom? : s.n., c.1915]. Cotton handkerchief, 450 x 600 mm, recto lithograph printed in colour, with patriotic illustrations featuring a large central cartouche captioned ‘The Landing of our Gallant Sons of Empire on the Gallipoli Peninsula’, smaller uncaptioned cartouches at each corner depicting ships of the Royal Australian Navy (including HMAS Sydney), and at …

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  • "Group of Aborigines, Lake Alexandrina" (1862).

    # 46579

    BURNELL, George (1830-1894)

    “Group of Aborigines, Lake Alexandrina” (1862).

    [Title from contemporary inscription in ink verso]. Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each image approximately 70 x 75 mm (arch-top format), on original flat mount of pale green/azure card, 85 x 180 mm; fully contemporary inscription in ink verso: ‘Group of Aborigines, Lake Alexandrina’, with the original owner’s initials ‘M.A.H.’ and their collection number ’79’; the …

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  • Studio portrait of Māori chief Wiremu Tāmihana (aka William Thompson), "The Kingmaker", 1865.

    # 46462

    [WEBSTER, Hartley]

    Studio portrait of Māori chief Wiremu Tāmihana (aka William Thompson), “The Kingmaker”, 1865.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 105 x 63 mm (mount); no photographer’s imprint; verso with fully contemporary note in pencil: ‘Wiremue Tomsana [sic] or William Thompson, The King maker’; both the print and the mount are in very good condition. This would appear to be a pirated copy, probably circulated after the death …

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