Fine Art

  • 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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  • Ngarrindjeri man in skin cloak, holding weapons. Point McLeay, South Australia, 1878.

    # 46899

    SWEET, Samuel White, Captain (1825-1886)

    Ngarrindjeri man in skin cloak, holding weapons. Point McLeay, South Australia, 1878.

    Albumen print photograph, 215 x 160 mm; inscribed in negative ‘Sweet Adelaide 457’; unmounted; verso with contemporary annotation in pencil ‘Native man’; a strong print with excellent clarity; edges slightly unevenly trimmed, otherwise in fine condition. The Point McLeay Mission (today known as Raukkan) was established by the Rev. George Taplin in 1859 as a …

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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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  • Wild Friends at Home (original cover art)

    # 46683

    BRIGHTWELL, L[eonard] R[obert] F.Z.S. (1889 - 1983)

    Wild Friends at Home (original cover art)

    Gouache on paper, measures 430 x 310mm, being the original painting illustrating the cover of E. Chivers Davies’ ‘Wild Friends at Home’ (London : 1920). In this volume a little boy enters the imaginary worlds of the wild animals whose pictures decorate the walls of his nursery. The fifteen short tales include his adventure with …

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  • Photograph album documenting experiences at a hydroelectric plant on the Swat River in Malakand District, Northwest Frontier Province, India, 1937-38.

    # 46820

    BESLEY, Richard Bradfield (1912-1990)

    Photograph album documenting experiences at a hydroelectric plant on the Swat River in Malakand District, Northwest Frontier Province, India, 1937-38.

    Small oblong quarto album (200 x 270 mm), original brown cloth over boards with string ties, containing 116 b/w photographs in corner mounts, 113 being in 60 x 60 mm format, with 3 in larger 115 x 160 mm format; the majority are captioned in ink below the image; very good condition throughout. This album …

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  • A man of Dakar, Senegal, holding guinea fowl and rifle. Circa 1840.

    # 36315

    Anon.

    A man of Dakar, Senegal, holding guinea fowl and rifle. Circa 1840.

    Watercolour on laid paper with watermark of a royal horseman with lance, 200 x 146 mm (sheet); captioned in ink ‘Dackar’ (i.e. Dakar) at bottom left, and with a foliation number ‘114’ in the same hand at bottom right; the sheet is unmounted (verso blank), and the drawing has survived in fine condition – virtually in …

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  • Studio portrait of Robert Moffatt, LMS missionary in Southern Africa. London, late 1860s.

    # 46750

    THE LONDON STEREOSCOPIC & PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY

    Studio portrait of Robert Moffatt, LMS missionary in Southern Africa. London, late 1860s.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 63 mm (mount); recto of mount with printed signature of Robert Moffatt to lower margin; verso with the back mark of the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company; both the print and the mount are in excellent condition. ‘Robert Moffatt (Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland, December 21, 1795-Leigh, …

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  • Carte de visite commemorating Captain Edward Knowles and the emigrant ship "Northfleet", lost in the English Channel on 22 January 1873 en route to Hobart, Tasmania.

    # 46767

    THE LONDON STEREOSCOPIC & PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY

    Carte de visite commemorating Captain Edward Knowles and the emigrant ship “Northfleet”, lost in the English Channel on 22 January 1873 en route to Hobart, Tasmania.

    Albumen print photograph, 102 x 63 mm (mount); lower margin recto with printed caption: ‘Captain Knowles. Lost in the Northfleet off Dunganess, Jan. 22 1873’; verso with The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company’s backmark; the print has a couple of light marks; the verso of the mount has some residual glue marks at the edges. …

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  • A hand-embroidered silk shawl with peacock and roses design. Hong Kong, 1958.

    # 46318

    [Maker unknown]

    A hand-embroidered silk shawl with peacock and roses design. Hong Kong, 1958.

    Dimensions: 40 x 92 cm; embroidered lettering in yellow above and below the central peacock motif reads: ‘To Mum and Dad from Bob / Hong Kong 1957-58’; very good condition. Provenance: commissioned by Robert Hayes, a British soldier stationed in Hong Kong, as a souvenir for his parents; thence by descent to the previous owner.

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  • [FEDERATION] View of the French Arch, corner of Pitt and Bridge Streets, Sydney, 1901.

    # 46585

    [Photographer unknown].

    [FEDERATION] View of the French Arch, corner of Pitt and Bridge Streets, Sydney, 1901.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each image 82 x 77 mm, on maroon mount 86 x 175 mm; no photographer’s imprint (verso blank); the prints and the mont are in excellent condition. An anonymous stereoview which shows the French Arch at the intersection of Pitt and Bridge Streets, Sydney, during the Commonwealth celebrations in January 1901. …

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  • From turmoil to peace 1998

    # 43178

    GREGORY, Drew (1947 - )

    From turmoil to peace 1998

    Watercolour and gouache on paper, 650 x 400 mm, framed (99 x 71 cm). A highly detailed work by the acclaimed Australian realist. Provenance: Leonard Joel. The Auction Salon, 16 September 2021, Lot 3104

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  • VII (Sculptural lithograph)

    # 46542

    JACKS, Robert (1943 - 2014)

    VII (Sculptural lithograph)

    Lithograph, 18 x 23 cms, signed lower right ‘Jacks 87 – 89’, numbered lower left 2/10, and titled lower centre ‘VII’, framed in black timber (43 x 46 cms). A fine original graphic by the great Australian abstract artist Robert Jacks, sourced directly from the artist’s estate. In 2014 the National Gallery of Victoria staged …

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  • [POSTER] Laienkunst

    # 46682

    FRITZSCHE, Ulrich

    [POSTER] Laienkunst

    Malerei Grafik Plastik Kunsthandwerk. Zeigen vom 25.mai bis 30.Juni 1960. Zirkel fur bildende Kunst der Volkhochschule Pankow. (Verband bildende Kunstler Deutschlands, Bezirk Berlin). Kulturbundhaus Erich Weinert, Berlin-Pankow, Breiterstrasse 43a. Exhibition poster, 1960. Lithographic process, 580 x 400 mm (image), 880 x 720 mm (frame). A scarce Communist era poster for an exhibition of works by …

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  • Portfolio of 19 copperplate photogravure prints from the exhibition "Photogravure Images", United Artists Gallery, Melbourne, 1987.

    # 46278

    Robert ASHTON (1950- )

    Portfolio of 19 copperplate photogravure prints from the exhibition “Photogravure Images”, United Artists Gallery, Melbourne, 1987.

    [Melbourne : the artist, 1987]. Complete suite of nineteen copperplate photogravures, printed in an edition of 10; 195 x 295 mm (plate size), 370 x 460 mm (sheet size); all untitled, but signed and dated in the plate l.r. ‘Robert Ashton 1987’, and numbered at l.l. 1/10 (4), 2/10 (3), 3/10 (2), 4/10 (2), 5/10 …

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  • Scene on Middle Harbour, Sydney, 1858-59.

    # 46021

    HETZER, William, fl. 1850-67

    Scene on Middle Harbour, Sydney, 1858-59.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 76 x 71 mm (arch-top format), original plain white mount 84 x 172 mm, recto with an erroneous lithographically printed caption ‘Wooloomooloo [sic] Bay, Pott’s Point, Sydney’; verso blank; both albumen prints are in fine condition, although a little dark; the mount is very clean and stable. An insect-damaged …

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