Mezzotints

Date: 1775 - 1789

By: Reynolds, Joshua (Sir), 1723-1792; Say, William, 1768-1834

Reference: C-016-013

Description: A group of seven eighteenth century gentlemen, studying art objects, sipping wine and conversing around a table. The men are Sir W. W. Wynn, Sir J. Taylor, Mr Payne Galway. Sir William Hamilton, Mr Stanhope, Mr Richard Thompson and Mr Smith of Heath. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint, 23 x 16.5 inches

Date: 1911

By: Lindsay, Lionel Arthur (Sir), 1874-1961; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-037-008

Description: A night scene, looking towards a building on a Sydney street, with a hill behind with a tall clock-tower and other buildings Another copy at A-037-009 The National Gallery of Australia holds another copy, dated 1911, from an unnumbered edition of 30 Inscriptions: Recto - Signed Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint with etching, 212 x 153 mm (image), 229 x 164 mm (plate-mark) on sheet 302 x 230 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull

Date: 1649 - 1838

By: Thomas Boys Ltd; Fisk, William, 1796-1872; Scott, James, active 1838; Cable, Matthew R (Dr), active 1961

Reference: C-046-008

Description: Oliver Cromwell standing inside a room, a couple kneeling on his right, three men standing beyond them. A table with a document titled Impeachment of Charles ... on his left with a man and two women around it. The woman in the right foreground by the table is also half-kneeling Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint on wove paper 509 x 400 mm on sheet 562 x 413 mm

Date: 1799

By: Gosse, Thomas, 1765-1844; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: C-036-004

Description: A group of seven European men, one European woman and an Aboriginal man, posed in a clearing, with a pig and cattle to the right, trees behind (with a parrot perched on a branch) and buildings in the left background. The naval officer at the centre is Governor Arthur Phillip. The man on the far left is shooting birds, while the man to his right is turning a turtle onto its back, and on his right, a man is chopping at a log with an axe. On the far right, another man is hammering nails into a stall to contain the cattle. Picture is allegorical in treatment Other Titles - Port Jackson, Sydney Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint, 538 x 605 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull?

Date: 1830 - 1831

From: Constable, John, 1776-1837 :[English landscape] Painted by John Constable. Engraved by David Lucas [Between 1830 and 1832]

Reference: B-106-026

Description: Shows Dedham Vale. A plain stretches away, with a milkmaid tending cows, and a plough in the foreground, a church spire in the distance. Harwich Harbour (Essex) is in the background Proof before lettering. Lacks imprint, but includes title, artist and engraver's names Other Titles - Dedham Vale. The home-field Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint, 171 x 255 (plate-mark) on sheet 292 x 432 mm

Date: 1775 - 1778

By: Knapton, George - 1698-1778

Reference: B-015-015

Description: Half-length frontal portrait of Admiral Sir Edward Hawke, wearing a curled wig and the Order of the Bath. The portrait is in an oval setting, inside a rectangle Other Titles - Majesty's Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint engraving 330 x 229 cm

Date: 1781 - 1782

By: Carington Bowles (Firm); Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814

Reference: B-093-011

Description: A group of convicts roped together and under escort in London The exaggerated features of the convicts are intended to represent them as Jewish Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint, 352 x 250 mm (platemark) on sheet 462 x 295 mm

Date: 1907 - 1909

By: Lindsay, Lionel Arthur (Sir), 1874-1961; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-067-004

Description: A view of a print shop from across a street. A group of men stands under an awning looking at the prints in the shop window. On the left is the window of D Fealy, Solicitor. Print number 6, edition of 20 Another copy at A-067-005 The artist's pencil sketch for this print is at A-067-003 Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, titled, numbered Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint with etching, ca 160 x 190 mm (plate-mark) Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull?

Date: 1848 - 1850

By: Grant, Francis (Sir), 1803-1878; Reynolds, Samuel William, 1794-1872; P & D Colnaghi & Company

Reference: D-016-007-a

Description: Shows full-length portrait of Sir George Grey, sometime Governor of New Zealand, standing with his left hand resting on papers at his desk at right, and with a pamphlet rolled in his right hand. He wears a high collar and cravat, cark jacket, lighter waistcoat. Two books stand resting against the side of the table, and there is a wooden seat at the left. Cataloguing details taken from the entry for this print, on NZBN (abn92-382238), but with attribution for the engraving to Samuel William Reynolds the younger (not the elder). Other Titles - Sir George Grey 1812-1898, Governor of New Zealand Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - S. W. Reynolds; Recto - beneath image - Sir George Grey 1812-1898, Governor of New Zealand Sir George Grey was knighted in 1848. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint, 690 x 425 mm, on sheet 933 x 589 mm.

Date: 1796 - 1791

By: Gosse, Thomas, 1765-1844

Reference: C-036-015

Description: Captain Bligh standing in a small rowboat at the water's edge on the right, with two sailors steadying the boat. He watches as a group of Tahitians lift a young breadfruit tree in a small wooden tub towards the boat, with further saplings lined up to be transferred. A fruiting breadfruit grows on the left among banana palms and other tropical plants. A central figure, a Tahitian chief in a long white robe and draped hat, directs procedings. The rigging of one of Bligh's ships, the Providence or the Assistant, is visible in the right background. The central Tahitian figure appears to be based on Sir Joshua Reynolds' portrait of Omai. Omai died in 1780, well before Bligh's visit to Tahiti for breadfruit transplanting. Bligh made a trip to Tahiti in 1791 with two ships, the Providence and the Assistant, to transplant breadfruit to the West Indies, to feed slaves on plantations Other Titles - Breadfruit Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured mezzotint, 492 x 602 mm on sheet 530 x 620 mm

Date: 1649 - 1838

By: Thomas Boys Ltd; Scott, James, active 1838; Fisk, William, 1796-1872; Cable, Matthew R (Dr), active 1961

Reference: C-046-007

Description: The king kneeling in the centre facing the viewer; to the right the blindfolded executioner, holding the axe, with soldiers and other men. Armed and armour-clad soldiers in the foreground. A priest and other men on the left. Building facades in the background. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint on wove paper 509 x 400 mm on sheet 562 x 413 mm

Date: 1912

By: Lindsay, Lionel Arthur (Sir), 1874-1961; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-066-014

Description: Looking up a narrow lane between tall stone buildings in The Rocks, Sydney,. In the left foreground are two boys, one seated, one holding a hoop. A large dead rat lies on the street between them. A woman walks down the land, holding a metal container, possibly for milk. Other people are also in the lane Another copy, no. 2, at A-066-013 Other Titles - The Rocks, Sydney, Malcas Arms, Maori Lane Inscriptions: Recto - Signed Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint with etching, 164 x 120 mm (plate-mark) on sheet 232 x 178 mm

Date: 1911

By: Lindsay, Lionel Arthur (Sir), 1874-1961; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-065-012

Description: View looking down and across at houses and other buildings on a hill. A road curves round in a valley on the left, with two horses and carts. Two men are seated on, and a woman climbs up a grassy hill in the right foreground Print number 3 in an edition of unknown size Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, titled, numbered Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint with etching, 162 x 206 mm (image), 172 x 212 mm (plate-mark) on sheet 194 x 248 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull?

Date: 1834

By: Lucas, David, 1802-1881; Price, Edward, active 1830s; Redman, William Edward (Dr), -1940

Reference: A-267-021

Description: Shows a Norwegian landscape with river and mountains, possibly an illustration for Price's book Norway, views of wild scenery. Inscriptions: Verso - Photolith. of engr. by John Visscher. A view of London Bridge in 1616 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint engraving 106 x 151 mm

Date: 1905 - 1915

By: Lindsay, Lionel Arthur (Sir), 1874-1961; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-065-013

Description: View along a Sydney street with buildings on both sides, including a church tower in the right background. A couple and a small girl are on the footpath to the right, while a man rides a cart drawn by a white horse in the street, left of centre The National Gallery of Australia holds a copy of this print. Their catalogue record suggests it may come from an edition of 30. The title on the National Gallery's copy is Gloucester Street [no date] with two different prints by Lindsay titled Old Gloucester Street Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, titled Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint with etching, 158 x 206 mm (image), 164 x 210 mm (plate-mark) on sheet 210 x 256 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull

Date: 1900 - 1918

By: Shirlow, John Alexander Thomas, 1869-1936; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-070-011

Description: Night view of the great dome, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne Edition: no 1 of an edition of 50 Inscriptions: Recto - Signed Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint, 7 x 5.5 ins Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull

Date: 1911

By: Lindsay, Lionel Arthur (Sir), 1874-1961; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-037-009

Description: A night scene, looking towards a building on a Sydney street, with a hill behind with a tall clock-tower and other buildings Another copy at A-037-008 Inscriptions: Recto - Signed and titled Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint with etching, 212 x 153 mm (image), 229 x 164 mm (plate-mark) on sheet 302 x 230 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull

Date: 1830 - 1831

From: Constable, John, 1776-1837 :[English landscape] Painted by John Constable. Engraved by David Lucas [Between 1830 and 1832]

Reference: B-106-031

Description: Three boat, one with a sail, on the left, under a large tree. A bridge over the river and a house on the right, with children fishing in the foreground Proof before lettering. Lacks imprint, but includes title in italics, and artist's and engraver's names Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint, 144 x 222 mm (image), 180 x 252 mm (plate-mark) on sheet 294 x 426 mm

Date: 1910

By: Lindsay, Lionel Arthur (Sir), 1874-1961

Reference: A-067-001

Description: Looking along a narrow street in Sydney with most of the word Argyle appearing on a wall under a bridge in the background. Buildings on both sides, a flight of steps on the left. People, horses and carts on the street, including a man pulling a pair of horses with a cart into the street on the right No. 5 Edition 20 copies Same as A-067-002 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint, 153 x 150 mm (platemark) on sheet 226 x 184 mm

Date: 1770 - 1780

Reference: B-015-016

Description: Three-quarter length standing frontal portrait of Sir Edward Hawke, dressed in a curled wig and his Admiral's uniform, a telescope in his right hand, with a background of a naval battle Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint engraving, 350 x 251 mm (platemark) on sheet 428 x 293 mm