C1882

Anniversary Day in Sydney and Vicinity.

Artist:

Arthur Collingridge de Tourcey (1853 - 1907)

$A 225

Scarce collage of views of Anniversary Day in Sydney in 1882. Inset titles; 1. The Regatta Flagship. (S.S. “Gulf of Carpentaria.”) 2. A Picnic Party. 3. Bunting in Darling Harbour. 4. The Monkey House, Botanical Gardens. 5. Contemplating the Anti-shouting … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Anniversary Day in Sydney and Vicinity.

Date:

C1882

Artist:

Arthur Collingridge de Tourcey (1853 - 1907)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured engraving.

Image Size:

226mm

x 252mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1882

Description:

Scarce collage of views of Anniversary Day in Sydney in 1882.

Inset titles;
1. The Regatta Flagship. (S.S. “Gulf of Carpentaria.”) 2. A Picnic Party. 3. Bunting in Darling Harbour. 4. The Monkey House, Botanical Gardens. 5. Contemplating the Anti-shouting Society’s Programme.

From the original edition of the Town and Country Journal.

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.

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