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HMAS Sydney Destroying the German Cruiser SMS Emden, Nov 9, 1914, watercolour by artist John Downes Castle depicting the first great action of the Royal Australian Navy when HMAS Sydney engaged and destroyed the German cruiser SMS Emden in the Indian Ocean around the Australian external territory of Cocos Keeling Islands approximately midway between Western Australia and Sri Lanka; the watercolour (48x30cm), signed at bottom right corner by J D Castle, is matt framed under perspex with a gold timber frame (78x60.5cm). The painting has slipped slightly away from the matting at the top, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $5,000
SOLD $5,000
Portrait of Captain John A.Collins CB RAN, (later Vice Admiral Sir John Collins KBE, CB), an original portrait from 1943 in coloured chalk by the Australian artist Charles Wheeler OBE, DCM, the portrait (23.5x31cm) matt framed under perspex within a black and gold timber frame (41x50cm). As new.
Estimate $3,500
Passed in