Drawings

BOXALL, Arthur d'Auvergne.
Avignon.
1928.

Pencil drawing, mounted.

Incribed 'To my good friend Roy Davies'.

Australian: $750 (Approx. US $783, Euro €544) Quote ref.

[BYRON] PATAGONIAN GIANTS.
A Representation of the Interview...
England, Eighteenth century. 0.

Watercolour on paper, 240 x 400 mm., with ms. title in ink on lower margin; minor embrowning, else very well preserved,...

An unsigned late-eighteenth-century watercolour of one of the most fascinating subjects in the history of...

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CAPELLARO, Charles.
Artist's Sketchbook of Pacific drawings, made during his exile to New Caledonia in 1874-1877.
at sea and in New Caledonia, 1874- 1877.

Oblong portfolio of beige (sail?) cloth, 160 x 235 mm., pencil illustrations throughout, some on grey paper (see...

Interesting and lively portfolio of original drawings made during exile in New Caledonia, by a renowned French artist...

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[DUPERREY] MASSON & CARNOT.
Tete Humaine euchassée dans une Idole que les Papous conservent dans l'interieur de leurs maisons….
circa, 1825.

Watercolour on laid paper, 482 x 310mm., large pencil sketch to the verso, some tears and nicks to the edges, small...

Exceptional original watercolour depicting a Papuan idol of carved timber topped by a human skull, noted in the caption...

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[FREYCINET VOYAGE] MARCHAIS.
Original watercolour Vue De L'Aiguade De L'Uranie Sur L'ile Vaigou.
circa, 1817-1822, 0.

Watercolour, 190 x 265 mm.; fine, in a period timber frame.

A finely executed sepia watercolour depicting sailors engaged in collecting fresh water in buckets from a stream. Three...

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GILBERT, George Alexander (attrib.).
Sketches of the Maribyrnong River...
Victoria, circa, 1850.

Pair of drawings, 165 x 255 mm. and 182 x 260 mm., both in pencil heightened in Chinese white; in fine condition,...

A pair of drawings of rural Victoria from the mid-nineteenth century attributed to George Gilbert.

George...

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[NOVA SCOTIA] GIBSON, Andrew Lucien.
Collection of nine leaves from a sketchbook made during the Peninsular Wars.
1821.

Collection of nine ms. leaves, most with watercolour vignettes, mounted on a board, in an early frame.

The nine leaves which comprise this work have been cut from an early sketchbook, trimmed and pasted onto a backing...

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PROUT, John Skinner [Attributed].
Cockatoo Island, Port Jackson.
Sydney, 1842.

Watercolour, 185 x 295 mm, framed.

John Skinner Prout (1805-1876) was a largely self trained artist who arrived in Sydney with his family in December...

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TOBIN, George (attributed).
Original watercolour of a fleet of ships among icebergs.
circa 1793- 1797.

Watercolour, oval shape, 132 x 195 mm.; slight crease on far right, else fine, tipped on to card, in gilt frame.

A finely executed watercolour of a fleet amidst icebergs. Although unsigned, this watercolour was originally found in a...

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[URANIE] ARAGO, Jacques.
“Poisson plat énorme vu en mer le 23 Février 1819 après de l’île de l’Amirauté”.
on board the Uranie, 23 February, 1819.

Ink sketch on sheet of laid paper with watermark, 148 x 220 mm.; roughly torn at all four corners where apparently...

Charming ink sketch of an "enormous flat fish" seen on board the Uranie during the Freycinet expedition on 23...

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