Australiana - Josef Lebovic Gallery

13. Attrib. J. Lewis Marks.(British, active 1814-1832). ThePleasures Of Emigration – A FishingParty, c1830. Hand-coloured woodcutwith letterpress text, captions in blockupper left and right, title in block belowimage, 18.6 x 14.4cm. Minor soiling,trimmed margins. $880Captions read “Well, I’m pretty lucky. I’vegot a good bite at last” and “O Crikee! Vot alarge Mackarel [sic] ve’ve cotcht! Vot a job itwill be for Mother to broil it?”15. After Colonel WilliamLight (British, 1786-1839).View At Yankalillah, SouthAustralia, c1838. Handcolouredlithograph, artist,text and title in lower margin,23.1 x 36.1cm. Slight foxingand stains overall, minorpaper loss, tears, creasesand soiling to margins. $5,500Text reads “Printed from zinc by J.Grieve, 33 Nicholas Lane. London.Published by J.C. Hailes, 104Leadenhall St (Opp. Billiter St).”Very rare. Held in the National Library of Australia and State Library of South Australia collections.Colonel William Light, a British military officer, was the first Surveyor-General of the colony of SouthAustralia. He chose the site of Adelaide and designed the layout of the city.14. John Doyle (Irish, 1797-1868). AnExtraordinary Animal, Neither An OpossumNor A Kangaroo, But Having SomethingOf Both, 1835. Lithograph, text in image inupper and lower portions, monogrammed“H.B.” in image lower left, titled in imagelower centre, “Subscribers’ Copy” blindstamp on image lower left, 35.5 x 28.2cm.Pinholes to corners, slight foxing overall,edges laid down on backing. $990Text reads “HB Sketches No. 383. Publishedby T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, 26 March 1835.Ducoté & Stephen Lithog. 70 Martins Lane.”Political caricature of Daniel O’Connell, the socalledIrish Liberator, as a hybrid marsupial withWhig MPs Lord John Russell, Thomas SpringRice and another in his pouch.From 1829 to 1851 Doyle produced a series of917 prints satirizing British politics and used thenom de plume of “H.B.” (a cipher of his initials.)Doyle was also the grandfather of the creator ofSherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Heldin the National Gallery of Australia collection.16. After Colonel William Light (British, 1786-1839). Distant View Of The LandingPlace, And Iron Stores At Port Adelaide, South Aust ralia, c1839. Hand-colouredlithograph, artist, caption, text and title in lower margin, 23.1 x 36.1cm. Slight foxing andstains overall, minor paper loss, tears, creases and soiling to margins. $6,900Caption reads “Mount Lofty.” Text reads “Sir Charles McCarthy, Store Ship, S.A. Comp. Printed from zincby J. Grieve, 33 Nicholas Lane. London. Published by J.C. Hailes, 104 Leadenhall St. (Opp. Billiter St).”Very rare. The watercolour of this image is held in the Art Gallery of South Australia collection.5