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C1881
A Football Match: Carlton v. Melbourne.
Rare colonial AFL engraving depicting Carlton vs Melbourne, the game was played on Saturday 4th June, 1881. From the original edition of The Australasian Sketcher.
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Full Title:
A Football Match: Carlton v. Melbourne.
Date:
C1881
Condition:
Repaired 40mm tear lower sheet edge extending 15mm into engraved area (Note repair is almost not visible) and one spot outer left margin.
Technique:
Original engraving
Image Size:
225mm
x 370mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1881
Description:
Rare colonial AFL engraving depicting Carlton vs Melbourne, the game was played on Saturday 4th June, 1881.
From the original edition of The Australasian Sketcher.
G.R.A. - George Rossi Ashton (1857 - 1942)
Ashton studied at the South Kensington School of Art and became a black-and-white illustrator for the London Graphic. In 1877-78 he represented the Illustrated London News at the Kaffir war and next year joined Julian on the Illustrated Australian News in Melbourne; together they covered the capture of the Kelly gang at Glenrowan. He was among the first sketch-artists of the Bulletin, drew also for the Australasian Sketcher, the Illustrated Sydney News and the Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, and was art editor and artist for Victoria and its Metropolis. In 1886-88 he was a member of the Art Society of New South Wales and the Australian Artists' Association (Victoria). In 1893 he returned to England where he continued to illustrate for various papers and toured music-halls with a lightning-sketch routine.
