A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Aboriginal Sepulchre.
Maria Read. [signed in image.]
1868.
Watercolour. Sheet: 250 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"). Laid on card. Foxing.
An amateur watercolour by Maria Read after a chromolithograph by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880) titled 'Native Sepulchre' from his series of twenty four studies of Australian life titled 'The Australian Sketchbook' 1865. The image illustrates the aboriginal burial practice of lying the deceased on an elevated platform draped in leaves, benath the platform several wild dogs gather.
[Ref: 37165] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Maria Read. [signed in image.]
1868.
Watercolour. Sheet: 250 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"). Laid on card. Foxing.
An amateur watercolour by Maria Read after a chromolithograph by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880) titled 'Native Sepulchre' from his series of twenty four studies of Australian life titled 'The Australian Sketchbook' 1865. The image illustrates the aboriginal burial practice of lying the deceased on an elevated platform draped in leaves, benath the platform several wild dogs gather.
[Ref: 37165] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Camping Out.
Kate Read. [signed in image.]
[1868.]
Watercolour. Sheet: 255 x 180mm (10 x 7"). Laid on card. Foxing.
An amateur watercolour by Kate Read after a chromolithograph by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880) titled 'Night Camp' from his series of twenty four studies of Australian life titled 'The Australian Sketchbook' 1865. Two figures, situated by a camp fire look out towards the distance which is lit by the light of a full-moon. See similar watercolours 37166 & 37165
[Ref: 37164] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Kate Read. [signed in image.]
[1868.]
Watercolour. Sheet: 255 x 180mm (10 x 7"). Laid on card. Foxing.
An amateur watercolour by Kate Read after a chromolithograph by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880) titled 'Night Camp' from his series of twenty four studies of Australian life titled 'The Australian Sketchbook' 1865. Two figures, situated by a camp fire look out towards the distance which is lit by the light of a full-moon. See similar watercolours 37166 & 37165
[Ref: 37164] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Corroboree
S.T.G. [Samuel Thomas Gill.]
Printed in colors by [& published] by Hamel & Ferguson, Melboune [n.d., c.1865].
Rare chromolithograph. Printed area 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"), large margins.
An Aboriginal 'corroboree', a dance ceremony, around a camp fire, with warriors with shields and spears, and women and a man beating sticks. One of 25 studies in 'The Australian Sketchbook' by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880), the second book published in Australia to use chromolithography.
[Ref: 57920] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
S.T.G. [Samuel Thomas Gill.]
Printed in colors by [& published] by Hamel & Ferguson, Melboune [n.d., c.1865].
Rare chromolithograph. Printed area 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"), large margins.
An Aboriginal 'corroboree', a dance ceremony, around a camp fire, with warriors with shields and spears, and women and a man beating sticks. One of 25 studies in 'The Australian Sketchbook' by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880), the second book published in Australia to use chromolithography.
[Ref: 57920] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Emu Sneaking.
S.T.G. [Samuel Thomas Gill.]
Printed in colors by [& published] by Hamel & Ferguson, Melboune [n.d., c.1865].
Rare chromolithograph. Printed area 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"), large margins.
An Aboriginal prepares to throw a spear at grazing emus. One of 25 studies in 'The Australian Sketchbook' by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880), the second book published in Australia to use chromolithography.
[Ref: 57917] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
S.T.G. [Samuel Thomas Gill.]
Printed in colors by [& published] by Hamel & Ferguson, Melboune [n.d., c.1865].
Rare chromolithograph. Printed area 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"), large margins.
An Aboriginal prepares to throw a spear at grazing emus. One of 25 studies in 'The Australian Sketchbook' by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880), the second book published in Australia to use chromolithography.
[Ref: 57917] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Kangaroo Stalking.
S.T.G. [Samuel Thomas Gill.]
Printed in colors by [& published] by Hamel & Ferguson, Melboune [n.d., c.1865].
Rare chromolithograph. Printed area 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"), large margins.
A European takes aim at a kangaroo from behind a fallen tree, accompanied by an Aboriginal gillie. One of 25 studies in 'The Australian Sketchbook' by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880), the second book published in Australia to use chromolithography.
[Ref: 57916] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
S.T.G. [Samuel Thomas Gill.]
Printed in colors by [& published] by Hamel & Ferguson, Melboune [n.d., c.1865].
Rare chromolithograph. Printed area 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"), large margins.
A European takes aim at a kangaroo from behind a fallen tree, accompanied by an Aboriginal gillie. One of 25 studies in 'The Australian Sketchbook' by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880), the second book published in Australia to use chromolithography.
[Ref: 57916] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Kyneton, looking towards the Bridge. Eagle Hawk, Bendigo.
S. T. Gill del.
Published by Sands & Kenny, Melbourne & Sydney, 1857.
Steel engraving. 180 x 255mm (7 x 10"), on thick paper.
Published in 'Victoria Illustrated' by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-80).
National Library of Australia: 1977494.
[Ref: 41969] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
S. T. Gill del.
Published by Sands & Kenny, Melbourne & Sydney, 1857.
Steel engraving. 180 x 255mm (7 x 10"), on thick paper.
Published in 'Victoria Illustrated' by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-80).
National Library of Australia: 1977494.
[Ref: 41969] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Night Fishing.
S.T.G. [Samuel Thomas Gill.]
Printed in colors by [& published] by Hamel & Ferguson, Melboune [n.d., c.1865].
Rare chromolithograph. Printed area 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"), large margins.
Aboriginies fish in a river at night, using fires on the boat to attract the fish. One of 25 studies in 'The Australian Sketchbook' by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880), the second book published in Australia to use chromolithography.
[Ref: 57918] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
S.T.G. [Samuel Thomas Gill.]
Printed in colors by [& published] by Hamel & Ferguson, Melboune [n.d., c.1865].
Rare chromolithograph. Printed area 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"), large margins.
Aboriginies fish in a river at night, using fires on the boat to attract the fish. One of 25 studies in 'The Australian Sketchbook' by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880), the second book published in Australia to use chromolithography.
[Ref: 57918] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Stockman [on stone.]
S.T.G. [on stone.] [Faint imprint of lithographers Campbell & Fergusson below image.]
[Melbourne: J.J. Blundell & Co., c.1856.]
Sepia-tinted lithograph heightened in white, sheet 170 x 225mm. 6¾ x 8¾". Trimmed around printed border.
A cattle drive in Victoria, Australia; two riders in classic cowboy dress, with whips. From 'Sketches in Victoria' by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818 - 1880).
See National Library of Australia, Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK 9841/1B.
[Ref: 24261] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
S.T.G. [on stone.] [Faint imprint of lithographers Campbell & Fergusson below image.]
[Melbourne: J.J. Blundell & Co., c.1856.]
Sepia-tinted lithograph heightened in white, sheet 170 x 225mm. 6¾ x 8¾". Trimmed around printed border.
A cattle drive in Victoria, Australia; two riders in classic cowboy dress, with whips. From 'Sketches in Victoria' by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818 - 1880).
See National Library of Australia, Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK 9841/1B.
[Ref: 24261] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Attack on Store Dray.
S.T.G. [Samuel Thomas Gill.]
Printed in colors by [& published] by Hamel & Ferguson, Melboune [n.d., c.1865].
Rare chromolithograph. Printed area 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"), large margins.
Bearded Aboriginies prepare to attack two unsuspecting Europeans at a camp fire (on which is a billy), intending to steal livestock. One of 25 studies in 'The Australian Sketchbook' by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880), the second book published in Australia to use chromolithography.
[Ref: 57919] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
S.T.G. [Samuel Thomas Gill.]
Printed in colors by [& published] by Hamel & Ferguson, Melboune [n.d., c.1865].
Rare chromolithograph. Printed area 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"), large margins.
Bearded Aboriginies prepare to attack two unsuspecting Europeans at a camp fire (on which is a billy), intending to steal livestock. One of 25 studies in 'The Australian Sketchbook' by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880), the second book published in Australia to use chromolithography.
[Ref: 57919] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Wool Drays on the Blue Mountains.
Maria Read. [signed in image.]
[n.d., c.1868.]
Watercolour. Sheet: 250 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"). Laid on card. Foxing. Some staining.
An amateur watercolour by Maria or Kate Read after a chromolithograph by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880) titled 'Wool Drays' from his series of twenty four studies of Australian life titled 'The Australian Sketchbook' 1865. The image depicts several carts pulled by cattle across the plains of New South Wales, cattle were favoured for this sort of work because they were more reliable on the rought terrain, in the foreground a driver attempt to control his team. See 37164 & 37165 for similar watercolours.
[Ref: 37166] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Maria Read. [signed in image.]
[n.d., c.1868.]
Watercolour. Sheet: 250 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"). Laid on card. Foxing. Some staining.
An amateur watercolour by Maria or Kate Read after a chromolithograph by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880) titled 'Wool Drays' from his series of twenty four studies of Australian life titled 'The Australian Sketchbook' 1865. The image depicts several carts pulled by cattle across the plains of New South Wales, cattle were favoured for this sort of work because they were more reliable on the rought terrain, in the foreground a driver attempt to control his team. See 37164 & 37165 for similar watercolours.
[Ref: 37166] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)