Drawings

ANON.
Riviere du Parramatta Nouvelle Hollande.
7 Juillet, 1846.

Pencil drawing, 200 x 130 mm., in fine condition, mounted.

Fine view of the Parramatta River from a French voyage around the world.

The drawing is dated 1846.

Australian: $185 (Approx. US $167, Euro €123) Quote ref.

BOXALL, Arthur d'Auvergne.
Avignon.
1928.

Pencil drawing, 236 x 367 mm; fine, mounted.

A detailed landscape drawing by the Australian artist Arthur d'Auvergne Boxall (1895-1944).

The skilfully...

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[BREADFRUIT] MILLER, John Frederick (after)?.
Specimen of the Bread Fruit Tree.
N.P. n.d., circa 1785- 1790.

Pen & wash drawing, 355 x 295 mm.; in fine condition, framed.

The breadfruit itself: the reason for the voyage of the Bounty and the proximate cause of the...

Australian: $7850 (Approx. US $7096, Euro €5201) Quote ref.

FERRY, Tom.
Original portrait of Henry Lawson.
1918.

Original portrait sketch; pencil on paper, 375 x 180 mm., signed lower right, additional slip of paper inscribed: "To...

A fine sketch portrait of Henry Lawson, in The Bulletin style by Tom Ferry.

Not a lot is known of Ferry...

Australian: $2750 (Approx. US $2486, Euro €1822) Quote ref.

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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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[PATAGONIAN GIANTS] ARTIST UNKNOWN.
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...

Australian: $5500 (Approx. US $4972, Euro €3644) Quote ref.

RODIUS, Charles.
Portrait of Joseph Raphael.
Sydney, 1849.

Original drawing on paper, 250 x 185 mm., pencil, pastel and charcoal; signed and dated lower left: "Chas. Rodius...

This fine and strong portrait is of the Jewish convict Joseph Raphael (1785-1853). Raphael was transported for life and...

Australian: $24,500 (Approx. US $22,148, Euro €16,231) Quote ref.

ROWAN, Alexander.,
“Bertha as She Appeared". Sketch of an arriving immigrant chatting to a kangaroo.
London, 1881.

Ink sketch on paper, folded in half to 115 x 179mm.; in fine condition.

A charming and somewhat intriguing ink sketch of a young boy (girl?) chatting with a kangaroo, with two brolgas (then...

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ROWLANDSON, Thomas.
A Hulk at Sheerness.
London, n.d., but circa, 1800.

Watercolour, with pencil, ink & pen on paper, 215 x 343 mm; laid down on card, signed lower left "Rowlandson".

A delightful watercolour by Rowlandson of an unusual subject: one of the notorious "hulks" or decommissioned vessels,...

Literature: F. Gordon Roe, 'Drawings by Rowlandson: Captain Bruce S. Ingram's Collection', pp. 85-91: 'Connoisseur', Dec. 1946 (illustrated). Provenance: Ingram Collection, sold Sothebys, London, February 1965.

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