Item 4264Star Chart
Colour lithograph. 285mm by 210mm (sheet). From William Peck's 'A Popular Handbook And Atlas Of Astronomy', 1890. Sir William Peck FRSE FRAS (1862 – 1925) was a Scottish astronomer and scientific instrument maker.
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Item 4263Nebulae
Colour lithograph. 285mm by 210mm (sheet). From William Peck's 'A Popular Handbook And Atlas Of Astronomy', 1890. Sir William Peck FRSE FRAS (1862 – 1925) was a Scottish astronomer and scientific instrument maker.
Item 4262Eucalyptus Ficifolia
1900. Lithograph with original hand-colouring. 1900. 320mm by 235mm (sheet). Native plant of Australia. From Curtis's Botanical Magazine. William Curtis (1746-1799) was a trained pharmacist, in London, who maintained a large garden and devoted himself to the study of its flora. He began publishing the Curtis Botanical Magazine in 1787.....
Item 4260The Comparative Sizes of the Planets
Colour lithograph. 210mm by 285mm (sheet). From William Peck's 'A Popular Handbook And Atlas Of Astronomy', 1890. Sir William Peck FRSE FRAS (1862 – 1925) was a Scottish astronomer and scientific instrument maker. CONDITION : Slight waviness to the sheet.
Item 4259Comets
Colour lithograph. 285mm by 210mm (sheet). From William Peck's 'A Popular Handbook And Atlas Of Astronomy', 1890. Sir William Peck FRSE FRAS (1862 – 1925) was a Scottish astronomer and scientific instrument maker.
Item 4257Spectra of the Sun, Stars, Gases & c.
Colour lithograph. 285mm by 210mm (sheet). From William Peck's 'A Popular Handbook And Atlas Of Astronomy', 1890. Sir William Peck FRSE FRAS (1862 – 1925) was a Scottish astronomer and scientific instrument maker. CONDITION : Faint marks in the margins.
Item 4256The Sun
Colour lithograph. 210mm by 285mm (sheet). From William Peck's 'A Popular Handbook And Atlas Of Astronomy', 1890. Sir William Peck FRSE FRAS (1862 – 1925) was a Scottish astronomer and scientific instrument maker. CONDITION : Faint marks in the margins.
Item 4255Waldverderber II (Spinner) I (Moths)
Chromolithograph, circa 1895. 245mm by 300mm (sheet). Central vertical fold as issued.
Item 4253Tropical Fruit
Chromolithograph, circa 1895. 240mm by 155mm (sheet). German late 19th century chromolithograph. Key to fruit below the image.
Item 4250Seidenspinner (Silk spinner)
Chromolithograph, circa 1895. 240mm by 155mm (sheet). CONDITION : Faint waterstain around edge of the sheet. Vertical crease in right hand margin.
Item 4249Kaninchen (Rabbits)
Chromolithograph, circa 1895. 245mm by 300mm (sheet). Central vertical fold as issued.
Item 4246Schmetterlinge I (Butterflies)
Chromolithograph, circa 1895. 245mm by 300mm (sheet). Central vertical fold as issued.
Item 4245Kafer (Beetles)
Chromolithograph, circa 1895. 245mm by 300mm (sheet). Depicts beetles and larvae. Central vertical fold as issued.
Item 4241Inka-Kakadu (Major Mitchell cockatoo)
Chromolithograph, circa 1895. 240mm by 155mm (sheet). CONDITION : Tiny crease at the bottom of the sheet.
Item 4237Mimikry (Nachahmung) bei Insekten (Insects)
Chromolithograph, circa 1895. 245mm by 300mm (sheet). Central vertical fold as issued.
Item 4236Waldverderber I (Kafer) (Beetles)
Chromolithograph, circa 1895. 245mm by 300mm (sheet). Depicts beetles and larvae. Central vertical fold as issued.
Item 42313756 Ladysmith Grotto, Mafeking Cave, Jenolan Caves, NSW. Blue Mountains
C1895. Albumen stereoview photograph. C1895. 95mm by 178mm (card). George Rose (1861-1942) was a Melbourne photographer who started his business ‘The Rose Stereograph Company’ circa 1880 producing three-dimensional photographs - stereoviews / stereographs. He travelled Australia and the world with his stereoscopic camera, producing stereographs for the home and overseas.....
Item 4224Doryanthes Palmeri
1883. Lithograph with original hand-colouring. 1883. 310mm by 250mm (sheet). Native to Queensland. From Curtis's Botanical Magazine. William Curtis (1746-1799) was a trained pharmacist, in London, who maintained a large garden and devoted himself to the study of its flora. He began publishing the Curtis Botanical Magazine in 1787. Accompanied.....
Item 4222Dendrobium Phalaenopsis
1885. Lithograph with original hand-colouring. 1885. 245mm by 145mm (sheet). Australian native orchid lithograph from Curtis's Botanical Magazine. William Curtis (1746-1799) was a trained pharmacist, in London, who maintained a large garden and devoted himself to the study of its flora. He began publishing the Curtis Botanical Magazine in 1787.....
Item 4219Summer Street, Orange
1886. Wood-engraving. 1886. 130mm by 190mm (sheet). Part-page illustration from 'The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia'. Partial text / image on reverse. Fullwood was born near Birmingham in 1863, and studied art at evening classes in that city. He came to Sydney in 1881 and obtained work as a lithographic draughtsman.....
Item 4218Green Cape and Disaster Bay - Mount Imlay in the Distance
1886. Wood-engraving. 1886. 125mm by 290mm (sheet). Part-page illustration from 'The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia'. Partial text / image on reverse. Fullwood was born near Birmingham in 1863, and studied art at evening classes in that city. He came to Sydney in 1881 and obtained work as a lithographic draughtsman.....
Item 4217National Park - Lady Carrington Road, Sea Reach Port Hacking, Freshwater Beach
1886. Wood-engraving. 1886. 300mm by 195mm (sheet). Part-page illustration from 'The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia'. Partial text / image on reverse. Fullwood was born near Birmingham in 1863, and studied art at evening classes in that city. He came to Sydney in 1881 and obtained work as a lithographic draughtsman.....
Item 4216Bathurst
1886. Wood-engraving. 1886. 185mm by 280mm (sheet). Part-page illustration from 'The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia'. Partial text / image on reverse. Fullwood was born near Birmingham in 1863, and studied art at evening classes in that city. He came to Sydney in 1881 and obtained work as a lithographic draughtsman.....
Item 4215Parramatta
1886. Wood-engraving. 1886. 190mm by 290mm (sheet). Part-page illustration from 'The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia'. Partial text / image on reverse. Fullwood was born near Birmingham in 1863, and studied art at evening classes in that city. He came to Sydney in 1881 and obtained work as a lithographic draughtsman.....
Item 4211Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell
C1860. Albumen Photograph Carte de Visite. C1860. 104mm by 61mm. Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell (1814-1881) was Governor of South Australia from 1855 to 1862. CONDITION : Photograph slightly out of focus. A couple of tiny foxing spots at the top of the card. Inscription in ink on reverse.