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C1884
A Visit to the Glebe.
Rare engraving of Glebe with numerous insets. 1. Presbyterian Church. 2. St. John’s, C.E. 3. St. James’, R C. 4. Glebe Point Road from St. John’s Road. 5. St. John’s Road, Looking South. Rare engraving from the original edition of … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
A Visit to the Glebe.
Date:
C1884
Condition:
Small repaired tear at right sheet edge, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
220mm
x 320mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1884
Description:
Rare engraving of Glebe with numerous insets.
1. Presbyterian Church.
2. St. John’s, C.E.
3. St. James’, R C.
4. Glebe Point Road from St. John’s Road.
5. St. John’s Road, Looking South.
Rare engraving from the original edition of the Illustrated Sydney News.
Arthur Collingridge de Tourcey (1853 - 1907)
Collingridge was a painter, illustrator and teacher who became staff artist for the Illustrated London News and The Graphic both very successful London newspapers, before emigrating to Australia. He was one of several sons in an old Catholic family from Godington Manor, Oxfordshire. Like his brother George , he mostly dropped the 'de Tourcey’ in Australia. came to Sydney in 1879 where he worked as an illustrator for the Sydney Mail , the Town and Country Journal. He founded the New South Wales Art Society and was staff artist of the Illustrated Sydney News. Collingridge exhibited widely, mainly in New South Wales and was a founding member of the Royal Art Society of NSW 1880.
