EditorialNewspaper Extract - 'The Opening Ceremony', The Illustrated Australian News, Melbourne, 9 Oct 1880, Hand coloured wood block engraving from the front page of the Illustrated Australian News Special Exhibition Number, No. 294, Melbourne, Saturday, 9 Oct...
EditorialA Fisherman Pulling a Net, 1774, Red chalk, 19 3/4 ? 14 3/4 in. (50.2 ? 37.5 cm), Drawings, Jean Honor? Fragonard (French, Grasse 1732?1806 Paris), In 18th century France, many aspiring young artists were given the opportunity to study in Italy, but Fr...
EditorialSeated Man Reading, 1774, Red chalk, 13 3/8 x 9 3/16 in. (34 x 23.3 cm), Drawings, Jean Honor? Fragonard (French, Grasse 1732?1806 Paris), This confident drawing of a seated man absorbed in his book is closely related to a group of portraitlike drawing...
EditorialOld Geordie Syme, the Piper of Dalkeith, a famous bagpiper, in his formal clothes: yellow coat, red plush breeches, white stockings and buckled shoes. Copperplate engraving by John Kay from A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings, Hugh P...
EditorialDragon's mouth or bulbous arethusa, Arethusa bulbosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a drawing by P. Syme for Samuel Curtis' continuation of William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, London, 1820.