The watercolour on paper (135 × 227 mm) is unmounted; apart from a tiny light crease to one top corner, it is in fine condition. It is undated, but probably circa 1900. Harry Pelling Gill (1855-1916), art curator and teacher, was born in England; he trained and taught at the..... More
Adelaide, School of Design Art Club, 1894. Harry Pelling Gill (1855-1916), art curator and teacher, at the time Director for Technical Art. 'In 1892 he was appointed honorary curator of the art gallery and, following the resignation in December of Louis Tannert as master of the school of painting, Gill..... More
The watercolour on paper (140 × 225 mm) is mounted, once framed but now removed, with traces of an old mat visible on the margins of the artwork. The painting is in excellent condition, and it would be an ideal candidate for reframing. Harry Pelling Gill (1855-1916), art curator and..... More
Adelaide, The Author, [circa 1960?]. Signed and dated (19 October 1996) by the author, who spent over twenty years as patrol padre of the Methodist Inland Mission in the Northern Territory. More
Adelaide, The Wakefield Press, 1942. Number 234 of 250 copies signed by the author (and the first publication of his Wakefield Press). Offered together with two pieces of correspondence relating to bookplate literature in Australia (apparently in response to queries from Muir): 1. An August 1939 autograph letter signed by..... More
Adelaide, The Wakefield Press, 1942. Number 42 of 275 copies. This copy is inscribed and signed by the author 'To Harry Taylor, with every good wish from H.B. Muir, 7.1.43'. The second publication of Harry Muir's Wakefield Press. Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent..... More