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Mr Nathl Oldham – 1730

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Mr Nathl Oldham Mezzotint by John Faber published 1730-50. Nathanial Oldham of Middlesex was a noteworthy character who served with the British Army in India and ‘inherited a fortune which allowed him to indulge his love of field sports and fine art’ (Tate Gallery). The print by Faber is after an oil by Highmore, which is now lost, Highmore and Oldham enjoying a friendship described as ‘very intimate’ (Einberg Edgerton, p. 48). Oldham was a compulsive collector, he spent his vast fortune assembling a variety of objects including natural history specimens which early reports describe as ‘whimsical gimcracks’ rather than articles of merit to men of knowledge and science. His love for curiosities bankrupted him, and despite auctioning off his collection in 1747 was sent to the King’s Bench prison where he died in debt.

John Faber the younger moved to England from Holland at a young age and studied engraving under his father, also John Faber. He became well known for his fine quality mezzotint portraits, completing about 165 in his lifetime. The portrait of Oldham, after the lost oil painting, shows the eccentric gentleman out shooting with a male companion and his loyal dog. It is probably set on his estate at Ealing, where Oldham resided from 1728-1735.

Mezzotint: a manner of engraving on copper by scraping a roughened surface to produce light and shade.

61 cm x 80 cm (framed)

‘Narciflus iuncifolius polyanthosalbus’

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‘Narciflus iuncifolius polyanthosalbus’

Prints by Basil Besler, from Hortus Eystettensis.

Engravings with expert hand colouring.

Some with typical text showing through and minor spots.

Very good condition.

First Edition. 1613

57 cm x 45 cm unframed

Framed: 89 cm x 74 cm

Mali Moir – Lotus Green Magic – 2009

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Common name: Lotus Green Magic

Scientific name: Nelumbo nucifera ‘Cochrane’s Green Magic’

Water colour on Lana 100% cotton paper

85 cm x 61 cm

129 cm x 99 cm unframed

$8,900

Note: This subject is painted life six from samples grown by Blue Lotus Nursery. This variety was bred by the owner from Chinese seed he himself collected and imported from China. The original painting includes an extra new leaf emerging on left side as seen in photo below.

Draakestein – ‘Mudela-nila-hummatu’ – 1686

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‘Mudela-nila-hummatu’

Hortus Indicus Malabaricus

Hendrik Draakestein

The first complete flora from the East Indies. A very fine example of hand coloured copper engraving.

Amsterdam

1686

Besler – ‘Lilium purpureum maws Dodenei’

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Besler – ‘Lilium purpureum maws Dodenei’

Prints by Basil Besler, from Hortus Eystettensis.

Engravings with expert hand colouring.

Some with typical text showing through and minor spots.

Very good condition.

First Edition. 1613

53 cm x 43 cm unframed

Framed: 89 cm x 74 cm

He jumped into the Billabong – 1974 Stubbs

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Stock AA0782

‘He jumped into the Billabong’

Douglas Stubbs

Signed, Stubbs – 5 – 1974

A painting having vibrant colours and great imagination.

Oil on board

1927 – 2008

94 cm x 124 cm

Fuji cherry blossom – CJF502

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‘Fuji cherry blossoms’ Oil on canvas by Jacqueline Fowler.

W. 108cm H. 93.cm including frame.

$9,800

Gracie Pwerl Morton – Bush Plum Dreaming

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Arnwekery (Bush Plum) Dreaming

Gracie Pwerl Morton

This painting describes the search for bush tucker across the Central Desert landscape which is an important part of Aboriginal life.

Gracie (born 1956) specializes in painting the Bush Plum Dreaming, also known to the Alyawarre as Arnwekety. Her style of painting is distinctively minimalist and she uses a very delicate dotting technique and traditional colours, which derive from the colours of natural ochres.

Acrylic on linen

2004

112 cm x 181 cm

Provenance – Redrock Gallery Melbourne 2004