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C1887
A Big Gum Tree.-Eucalyptus Amygdalina.
Scarce c.19th hand coloured engraving of large gum trees. Common name: Black Peppermint Modern binomial name: Eucalyptus amygdalina First described: Labillardière, 1806 Distribution: Tasmania Collections: State Library Victoria: MC 919.45 N42I National Library Australia: Bib ID: 2264805 State Library New … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
A Big Gum Tree.-Eucalyptus Amygdalina.
Date:
C1887
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
123mm
x 188mm
Paper Size:
173mm
x 265mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1887
Description:
Scarce c.19th hand coloured engraving of large gum trees.
Common name: Black Peppermint
Modern binomial name: Eucalyptus amygdalina
First described: Labillardière, 1806
Distribution: Tasmania
Collections:
State Library Victoria: MC 919.45 N42I
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 2264805
State Library New South Wales: 991021280379702626
J.W.C. - James Waltham Curtis (1839 - 1901)
Curtis was a painter, illustrator and photographic colourist. A regular exhibitor at the Black and White exhibitions, Victorian Academy of Arts, in the 1880s. painter, illustrator and photographic colourist, was born in Devonshire. He had worked on the London Graphic and Sketcher before coming to Victoria, probably with the goldrush. In Melbourne he worked first as a colourist for Johnstone, O’Shannessy and Co., then as an illustrator on the Illustrated Australian News succeeding O.R. Campbell. He often signed his works with the monogram.
