Paintings & Drawings

  • [CRIMEAN WAR] Sketch of French, British and Russian troops carrying away their dead under a flag of truce during the Siege of Sebastopol, 24 March 1855.

    # 44331

    [Anon.]

    [CRIMEAN WAR] Sketch of French, British and Russian troops carrying away their dead under a flag of truce during the Siege of Sebastopol, 24 March 1855.

    Graphite and ink on onion skin paper, 520 x 330 mm (irregular); unsigned; numerous annotations in ink by the artist identifying various scenes in the drawing, with his extended caption occupying the bottom margin reading: ‘Town of Sebastopol away to the left … Flag of Truce, March 24th after the sortie on the night of …

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  • [CRIMEAN WAR] Watercolour view of Sebastopol from the heights, 1854-55.

    # 44330

    [Anon.]

    [CRIMEAN WAR] Watercolour view of Sebastopol from the heights, 1854-55.

    Watercolour on paper, 315 x 200 mm; unsigned; verso inscribed in pencil in contemporary hand ‘Crimea’; tiny loss at lower left corner, otherwise well preserved; archival matted. This watercolour is probably the work of a war correspondent attached to the British troops outside Sebastopol in 1854-55. The Siege of Sevastopol (which was at the time called …

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  • Midshipman William Harvey, sailor on all three voyages of Captain Cook : his watercolour portrait and snuff box.

    # 42458

    [HARVEY, William, 1752-1807]

    Midshipman William Harvey, sailor on all three voyages of Captain Cook : his watercolour portrait and snuff box.

    Watercolour on paper, 247 x 227 mm, in an early gilded wood and gesso frame, inscribed verso Midshipman Hardy [sic] of Ct. Cook’s Ship Discovery 1779. Exhibited: Endeavour voyage: the untold stories of Cook and the First Australians. National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 2 June 2020 – 26 April 2021. Reference: Coates, Ian (editor). Endeavour voyage, the …

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  • Portrait miniature of Robert, Lord Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760-1816).

    # 42922

    Henry BONE, ARA (1755-1834), after Sir William Beechey, RA (1753-1839)

    Portrait miniature of Robert, Lord Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760-1816).

    Enamel on copper, image 75 x 60 mm (oval format); inscribed, signed and dated on the counter-enamel verso: ‘The Rt. Honble. The Earl of Buckinghamshire. Painted by Henry Bone ARA. Enamel Painter to HRH the Prince of Wales. Jany 1806’; some traces of surface dirt to the sitter’s face and hair, and some very minor …

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  • The artist with companions from the Astrolabe in the rainforest at Carteret Harbour, New Ireland (1827).

    # 37295

    SAINSON, Louis-Auguste de (1800-1874)

    The artist with companions from the Astrolabe in the rainforest at Carteret Harbour, New Ireland (1827).

    Watercolour and ink on paper, 398 x 287 mm (entire sheet); contemporary inscription in ink to verso: 80. Vue du grand torrent et d’une forêt / Hâvre Carteret; the artist’s own re-worked section (80 x 110 mm, irregular) carefully pasted on at lower left; short closed tear at right edge; extremely well preserved. A very early depiction of …

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  • Untitled [bunny rabbit with dancing elves]

    # 43855

    OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (1888 - 1960)

    Untitled [bunny rabbit with dancing elves]

    Pen and ink on card, 225 x 145mm (mount line), signed lower right I.R.O., untitled, numbered ’24’ upper left, framed. A charming original work by one of Australia’s most beloved children’s illustrators. The pencilled titles and number indicate it was most likely prepared for publication. Provenance : private collection, Melbourne, since the 1970s  

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  • The platypus sang a duet

    # 43852

    OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (1888 - 1960)

    The platypus sang a duet

    Pen and ink on card, 110 x 178 mm (mount line), signed lower right I.R.O., titled in the image in pencil, numbered ’17’ upper left, framed. A charming original work by one of Australia’s most beloved children’s illustrators. The pencilled titles and number indicate it was most likely prepared for publication. Provenance : private collection, …

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  • I keep my baby in my pocket!

    # 43851

    OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (1888 - 1960)

    I keep my baby in my pocket!

    Pen and ink on card, 140 x 175mm (mount line), signed lower right I.R.O., titled in the image in pencil, numbered ‘1’ upper left, framed. A charming original work by one of Australia’s most beloved children’s illustrators. The pencilled titles and number indicate it was most likely prepared for publication. Provenance : private collection, Melbourne, …

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  • The Flying Ace [and] The Chariot Race

    # 43849

    OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (1888 - 1960)

    The Flying Ace [and] The Chariot Race

    Pen and ink on card, 270 x 188 mm (mount line), the lower illustration cut out as a rondelle, signed lower right I.R.O., titled in the image in pencil, numbered ’13’ upper left, framed. A charming original work by one of Australia’s most beloved children’s illustrators. The pencilled titles and number indicate it was most …

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  • A Meiji-era album of original kimono designs.

    # 43440

    A Meiji-era album of original kimono designs.

    Japan (probably Kyoto) : circa 1900. Silk-bound folding album measuring 485 x 335 x 60 mm, containing 68 original watercolours on card of exquisite kimono designs; numbering in Japanese; housed in a modern Japanese box, plain manuscript label to spine Hinagata (=Designs). A stunning collection of original kimono designs in vivid colour and with fine …

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  • “And one by one crept silently to rest" c. 1927

    # 41756

    McLACHLAN, Phyllis (1905 - 1998)

    “And one by one crept silently to rest” c. 1927

    Watercolour with gold highlights on card, 232 x 207 mm; signed and dated ‘Phil McLachlan’ upper left, titled with the quote from Omar Khayyam lower centre, the quote further inscribed in the lower margin, trial pencil sketches verso, very good condition. Housed in a custom timber frame in period style by Philip Tregear, Melbourne. A …

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  • Western Desert

    # 39542

    DRYSDALE, Russell (1912 - 1981)

    Western Desert

    Watercolour, pen and ink on paper, watermarked Canson France, 145 x 225 mm (image), 162 x 248 mm (paper), titled and signed lower right, framed (framed size 465 x 525 mm). In this small gem of a painting, Drysdale effectively captures the expansive inland landscape, sparsely populated with the occasional rocky outcrop or patch of …

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  • Wild Raspberries. (Presentation copy inscribed by the artist)

    # 18052

    WARHOL, Andy (1928-1987); FRANKFURT, Suzie; WARHOLA, Júlia

    Wild Raspberries. (Presentation copy inscribed by the artist)

    New York : the artist, 1959. Folio (445 mm tall), original fuchsia papered boards (faded and paper lost at spine, as usual), title sheet, pp [42], comprised of 18 single illustrated leaves (one enhanced with original watercolour), one double-page illustration and one sheet with text, interleaved with eight sheets of fuchsia tissue paper, as issued; …

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  • Goat on a boat (original cover art for the publication)

    # 42931

    HOUGHTON, Suzanne

    Goat on a boat (original cover art for the publication)

    Colour pencil and watercolour on artist’s card, 310 x 295 mm, signed lower right, accompanied by a signed letter and related ephemera. The original cover illustration for the children’s book Goat on a boat (Sydney : Omnibus, 2019), written by Nick Dent and illustrated by Suzanne Houghton. ‘When a goat arrives on a rocky island, the …

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  • Original gouache for the cover of Vogue Paris, 1935

    # 12837

    BRET-KOCH, Ray (1902-1996)

    Original gouache for the cover of Vogue Paris, 1935

    Original gouache on card, 340 x 260 mm, signed in the image lower left, a little marked at edges. A stunning modernist painting by noted French designer Ray Bret-Koch for the front cover of Vogue Paris. Bret-Koch is recognised as a commercial illustrator and designer as well as architect active in Paris in the mid …

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  • Zebra

    # 42642

    TATTERSALL, Nicole

    Zebra

    Stencil on stretched canvas, 305 x 305 mm, light marks, signed and inscribed verso ‘Zebra’ Nicole Tattersall March 2009. A fun decorative work by the Melbourne stencil artist.

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