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C1886
The Stevenson Falls, Marysville.
Scarce c.19th hand coloured engraving of Stevenson Falls, Marysville. Residents cut a track to the falls in 1866. The falls and the river were named after John Steavenson (Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges), who first visited the site of … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The Stevenson Falls, Marysville.
Date:
C1886
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
125mm
x 142mm
Paper Size:
172mm
x 265mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1886
Description:
Scarce c.19th hand coloured engraving of Stevenson Falls, Marysville.
Residents cut a track to the falls in 1866. The falls and the river were named after John Steavenson (Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges), who first visited the site of what is now Marysville in 1862. He was carrying out a survey of the area to try to find a new alignment for the road to the gold fields at Woods Point.
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.
