Joseph Bradshaw
1854-1916

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE MARGARET CAMERON DYKES

Joseph Bradshaw

1854-1916
(AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATERCOLOURS) (CIRCA 1891)

watercolours (7)

(ROCK SHELTER IN BUSH WITH BLACK HAND PRINTS AND OTHER PAINTINGS) (CIRCA 1891)
watercolour heightened with white on paper on card
signed with monogram 'JB' bottom right

(ROCK SHELTER IN BUSH WITH WANDJINAS AND OTHER PAINTINGS) (CIRCA 1891)
watercolour heightened with white on paper on canvas

(BRADSHAW FIGURE WITH TASSELLED SNAKE AND MASK) (CIRCA 1891)
pencil and watercolour on paper on canvas
signed with monogram & initials 'JB. F. / P P F' bottom right; inscribed 'Plate No. 1' upper left; 'Prince Regent.' lower left
LITERATURE
Grahame Walsh, Bradshaws: Ancient Rock Paintings of North-West Australia, The Bradshaw Foundation/Edition Limitee, Carouge-Geneva, 1994, p. 11, illustrated (photograph of original sketch)

(FIVE BRADSHAW FIGURES WITH SNAKE, KANGAROO AND ABSTRACT MARKINGS) (CIRCA 1891)
pencil and watercolour on paper on canvas
signed with monogram and initials 'P.P. F' bottom left, 'JB F' bottom right; inscribed 'Plate No. 2' upper left; 'Prince Regent.' lower left
LITERATURE
Joseph Bradshaw, 'Notes on a Recent trip to Prince Regent's River', Transactions of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Victorian Branch), Part II Vol. IX, Melbourne, May, 1892, illustrated facing p. 100
Grahame Walsh, Bradshaws: Ancient Rock Paintings of North-West Australia, The Bradshaw Foundation/Edition Limitee, Carouge-Geneva, 1994, p. 8, illustrated (photograph of original sketch)
Adrian Parker, John Bradshaw and Chris Done, A Kimberley Adventure: Rediscovering the Bradshaw Figures, Gecko Books, Adelaide, 2007, p. 9, illustrated (photograph of original sketch)

(TWO BRADSHAW FIGURES WITH CROCODILE) (CIRCA 1891)
watercolour heightened with white on paper on canvas
signed with initials 'P. P. F.' lower right; inscribed 'Plate No. 3' upper left; 'Prince Regent' lower left
LITERATURE
Grahame Walsh, Bradshaws: Ancient Rock Paintings of North-West Australia, The Bradshaw Foundation/Edition Limitee, Carouge-Geneva, 1994, p. 10, illustrated (photograph of original sketch)
Adrian Parker, John Bradshaw and Chris Done, A Kimberley Adventure: Rediscovering the Bradshaw Figures, Gecko Books, Adelaide, 2007, p. 11, illustrated (photograph of original sketch)

(FOUR BRADSHAW FIGURES WITH ABSTRACT DESIGNS) (CIRCA 1891)
pencil and watercolour on paper on canvas
signed with monogram and initials 'JB. F. / P. P. F.' lower right; inscribed 'Plate No. 4' upper left; ' "Prince " Regent" ' lower left
LITERATURE
Grahame Walsh, Bradshaws: Ancient Rock Paintings of North-West Australia, The Bradshaw Foundation/Edition Limitee, Carouge-Geneva, 1994, p. 10, illustrated (photograph of original sketch)
Adrian Parker, John Bradshaw and Chris Done, A Kimberley Adventure: Rediscovering the Bradshaw Figures, Gecko Books, Adelaide, 2007, p. 10, illustrated (photograph of original sketch)

(CAVE PAINTING WITH KANGAROO OR WALLABY) (CIRCA 1891)
watercolour heightened with white on paper on canvas
inscribed 'Plate No. 3.' upper left; 'Drawing in Cave Discd March 6th / By George Grey Esq now Sir George Grey New Zealand' lower centre
53.6 X 76.9 CM; 53.5 x 79.2CM; 80 x 54.4CM; 54.1 x 81.1CM; 54.1 x 80.2CM; 54.4 x 80.1CM; 54.5 x 57.5CM

• Lot Sold $18,000 (Hammer Price)
• $21,960 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

The Estate of the Late Margaret Cameron Dykes, Sydney