John (1737) Hunter Paintings & Artwork for Sale | John (1737) Hunter Art Value Price Guide

Jul. 27, 2024
Unknown (18th), Ship's captain John Hunter, Crayon manner
Est: €75 - €125
Unknown (18th century): Portrait of John Hunter (1737 Leith, Edinburgh - 1821 London), ship's captain and Australian pioneer, oval bust portrait to the left, 18th century, Crayon manner Technique: Crayon manner on Paper Date: 18th century Description: John Hunter came to Australia in 1787 with the First Fleet as second captain. He shipped convicts to Norfolk Island in 1790. The sheet is inscribed below with the sitter's name and comes from the Rosenthal Collection - Munich/Hilversum. Keywords: 18th century, Baroque, Portraits, Germany, Size: Paper: 19,0 cm x 12,0 cm (7,5 x 4,7 in), Plate: 13,9 cm x 9,0 cm (5,5 x 3,5 in), Depiction: 7,0 cm x 5,6 cm (2,8 x 2,2 in)
Fichter Kunsthandel
Sep. 18, 2021
Anonymous (19th), Portrait of John Hunter (1738-1821), Etching
Est: €30 - €50
Anonymous (19th century), Portrait of John Hunter (1738-1821), 19th century, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Date: 19th century Description: Portrait of a bust in half profile. Below the oval framed portrait, the sitter's name and date of birth are inscribed in the printing plate. Person: John Hunter (1738 -1821 ) Keywords: , 19th century, Romanticism, Portraits, United Kingdom, Size: 26,0 cm x 22,6 cm, Plate: 14,0 cm x 9,1 cm, Depiction: 7,7 cm x 6,0 cm Condition: Very good Condition. Pale foxing and discolouration are visible throughout the sheet. The edges of the sheet are partly untrimmed and show slight damage in the form of creases and bumps. The print is fresh and clearly preserved.
Fichter Kunsthandel
Mar. 07, 2017
GOVERNOR JOHN HUNTER (1737-1821), a handwritten land grant, signed, dated 1st January 1800, to Lieutenant John Shortland of the Roya...
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
GOVERNOR JOHN HUNTER (1737-1821), a handwritten land grant, signed, dated 1st January 1800, to Lieutenant John Shortland of the Royal Navy of "three hundred and eighty acres of land laying to the District of Banks Town situate on the eastside of the Prospect Creek...", manuscript on paper, 40 x 33cm. Restored, faded.
Raffan Kelaher & Thomas
Nov. 22, 2011
Attributed to John Hunter 1737-1821 EMU OF NEW SOUTH WALES (CIRCA 1790-1800) ink and watercolour
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Attributed to John Hunter 1737-1821 EMU OF NEW SOUTH WALES (CIRCA 1790-1800) ink and watercolour inscribed 'Emu of New South Wales' upper centre 22.2 x 16.9CM PROVENANCE Private Collection, Paris
Smith & Singer
Feb. 27, 2011
After John Hunter (1737-1821) View of the Settlement on Sydney Cove, Port Jackson 20th August 1788 engraving
Est: $400 - $600
After John Hunter (1737-1821) View of the Settlement on Sydney Cove, Port Jackson 20th August 1788 engraving 14.5 x 20.5cm
Leonard Joel
Dec. 09, 2010
HUNTER, JOHN. 1738-1821. An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean. London: John Stockdale, [1793].
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean. London: John Stockdale, [1793]. [xvi], 583 pp. Stipple-engraved frontispiece, engraved title, 15 plates and folding maps. 4to (280 x 215 mm). Later half sheep, spine gilt. Foxing and light offsetting around plates, title and one plate with imprint cropped, one map with neatline shaved, binding rubbed with chip at spine edge. First edition. Includes one of the earliest views of Sydney, after a sketch by Hunter dated 1788, and a plate of a New South Wales family engraved by William Blake. Ferguson 152; Hill 857. See illustration.
Bonhams
Sep. 23, 2010
HUNTER, John (1737-1821). An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean since the publication of Phillip's Voyage, compiled
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
HUNTER, John (1737-1821). An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean since the publication of Phillip's Voyage, compiled from the Official Papers. London: John Stockdale, 1793. 4° (293 x 217mm). Engraved frontispiece, title vignette, 10 plates and 5 maps, 2 folding. (Map of New South Wales with tear at fold affecting several lines of text and tear at upper border, other large map heavily creased at centre fold, map of Southern Hemisphere cut close at margin, occasional light spotting to plates, light offsetting and occasional light browning to text, quire Qq slightly thumb-soiled.) Contemporary tree calf (rubbed and scuffed, spine chipped at head and with upper joints cracked). THE FIRST FLEET JOURNAL, one of three issues in 1793, with the earliest published view of Port Jackson, Sydney, by E. Dayes after Hunter, and a notable engraving by Blake after P.G. King of 'A Family of New South Wales'. Bentley Blake Books 476; Ferguson 152; Hill 857.
Christie's
Apr. 30, 2008
HUNTER, John (1737-1821). An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean since the publication of Phillip's Voyage, compiled
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
HUNTER, John (1737-1821). An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean since the publication of Phillip's Voyage, compiled from the official papers. London: John Stockdale, January 1 1793. 4° (292 x 224mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait after R. Dighton, engraved title with vignette, 5 maps, 2 folding, and 10 plates, most after the author. (Map of NSW torn along fold, some browning to maps and plates, upper text margins a little browned.) Contemporary mottled calf, marbled endpapers (rebacked, old spine relaid). FIRST QUARTO EDITION OF HUNTER'S FIRST FLEET JOURNAL, with folding maps of New South Wales and Botany Bay after William Dawes and Hunter respectively, plates which include the earliest published view of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson, a view of Rose Hill, and 'A Family of New South Wales' engraved by William Blake after Governor King. The three plates of shells from New South Wales, appearing at the end, are by and after P. Mazell. Hunter sailed to Port Jackson with Arthur Phillip in 1788, receiving command of the Sirius in mid voyage. As food was running low, he sailed from Port Jackson to Cape Town in October, resupplying and making a record six-month circumnavigation eastward which brought him back to Australia by May 1789. He returned to England in 1792 and published his journal. In 1795 he succeeded Phillip as Governor of New South Wales. His descriptions of Norfolk and Tench Islands, the Isle of Pines and other small islands off Australia are of particular value. Norfolk Island is covered in detail as Hunter and his crew were marooned there for eleven months after the wreck of the Sirius in March 1790. Ferguson 152; Hill 857: 'a very valuable work on the early history of the English settlements in Australia'; Howgego H-124.
Christie's
Dec. 04, 2007
HUNTER, JOHN. 1728-1821.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries that have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean... . London: John Stockdale, January 1, 1793. [16], 583 pp. With engraved frontispiece portrait after Dighton, engraved title with vignette, 10 engraved plates and 5 engraved maps, 2 of which are large and folding. 1 of the plates is engraved by William Blake. Subscribers list present. 4to (302 x 237 mm). Modern half calf, red morocco spine label. Folding maps a bit tight, some minor scattered corner dampstains, some re-hinging and a few inconspicuous repairs. First edition . Handsome copy, complete with all maps and plates, including the aboriginal family engraved by William Blake; and the earliest published view of Sydney, "View of the Settlement on Sydney Cove, Port Jackson 20th August, 1788," sketched by Hunter the same year as the arrival of the First Fleet. Ferguson 152. See illustration .
Bonhams
Apr. 16, 2007
HUNTER, John (1738-1821). An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries Which Have Been Made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean . London: John Stockdale, 1793.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
HUNTER, John (1738-1821). An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries Which Have Been Made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean . London: John Stockdale, 1793. 4 o (278 x 212 mm). 5 engraved folding maps and 12 engraved plates from drawings by the author including portrait frontispiece and title-vignette (map of New South Wales with repairs on verso, chart of Botany Bay slightly cropped along outer margin, some spotting). (Title-page cropped at upper margin with loss of the first word "An" in the title, 2C4 slightly cropped at outer margin.) Contemporary calf, marbled edges (joints repaired, front cover slightly bowed). Provenance : William Downes (bookplate); E. Kennedy (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Hunter first sailed to Port Jackson as second-in-command of the Sirius with the First Fleet in 1788 and succeeded Phillip as Governor of New South Wales. As an experienced navigator he encouraged the exploration of the Australian coastline, and the early discoveries of Flinders and Bass owe much to him. At the end of 1788 he made a remarkable 6-month circumnavigation eastward from Port Jackson to collect a shipment of supplies from Cape Town and from which he continued east back to Port Jackson. Hunter, like Phillip in his account of Port Jackson, notes the the arrival of La Pérouse shortly before his disappearance in the Pacific. Ferguson 152; Hill 857; Kroepelien 620.
Christie's
Apr. 13, 2006
HUNTER, John (1737-1821). An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
HUNTER, John (1737-1821). An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean since the publication of Phillip's Voyage, compiled from the Official Papers; Including the Journals of Governors Phillip and King, and of Lieut. Ball; and the Voyages from the first Sailing of the 'Sirius' in 1787, to the Return of the Ship's Company to England in 1792. London: John Stockdale, 1793. 4° (289 x 230mm). 5 maps, 2 folding, and 12 engraved plates from drawings by the author including portrait and title vignette, list of subscribers, directions to binder (imprint partly cropped). 19th-century roan over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments and lettered in one (lightly rubbed, some cracking on joints). FIRST EDITION FIRST FLEET JOURNAL with fine views of Port Jackson -- the earliest published view of Sydney -- and the natives of Duke of York and Lord Howe Islands. One plate is especially notable as being engraved by William Blake -- 'A Family of New South Wales' opposite p.414. Descriptions of these islands and of Norfolk and Tench Islands, the Isle of Pines and other small islands off Australia must be some of the earliest. Norfolk Island is covered in detail as Hunter was ordered to establish a penal colony and was marooned there for eleven months. He first sailed to Port Jackson as second-in-command of Sirius with the First Fleet in 1788 and succeeded Phillip as Governor of New South Wales. As an experienced navigator he encouraged the exploration of the Australian coastline, and the early discoveries of Flinders and Bass owe much to him. At the end of 1788 he made a remarkable 6-month circumnavigation eastward from Port Jackson to collect a shipment of supplies from Cape Town -- from which he continued east back to Port Jackson. Hunter, like Phillip in his account of Port Jackson, notes the the arrival of La Perouse shortly before his disappearance in the Pacific. Ferguson 152; Hill 857; Kropelien 620.
Christie's
Sep. 21, 2005
JOHN HUNTER (1737-1821)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean since the publication of Phillip's Voyage, compiled from the Official Papers; Including the Journals of Governors Phillip and King, and of Lieut. Ball; and the Voyages from the first Sailing of the 'Sirius' in 1787, to the Return of the Ship's Company to England in 1792. London: John Stockdale, 1793. 4° (289 x 230mm). 5 maps, 2 folding, and 12 engraved plates from drawings by the author including portrait and title vignette, list of subscribers, directions to binder. (Imprint partly cropped.) 19th-century roan over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments and lettered in one (lightly rubbed, some cracking on joints). FIRST EDITION FIRST FLEET JOURNAL with fine views of Port Jackson -- the earliest published view of Sydney -- and the natives of Duke of York and Lord Howe Islands. One plate is especially notable as being engraved by William Blake -- 'A Family of New South Wales' opposite p. 414. Descriptions of these islands and of Norfolk and Tench Islands, the Isle of Pines and other small islands off Australia must be some of the earliest. Norfolk Island is covered in detail as Hunter was ordered to establish a penal colony and was marooned there for eleven months. He first sailed to Port Jackson as second-in-command of Sirius with the First Fleet in 1788 and succeeded Phillip as Governor of New South Wales. As an experienced navigator he encouraged the exploration of the Australian coastline, and the early discoveries of Flinders and Bass owe much to him. At the end of 1788 he made a remarkable 6-month circumnavigation eastward from Port Jackson to collect a shipment of supplies from Cape Town -- from which he continued east back to Port Jackson. Hunter, like Phillip in his account of Port Jackson, notes the the arrival of La Pérouse shortly before his disappearance in the Pacific. Ferguson 152; Hill 857; Kropelien 620.
Christie's