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C1890
Centennial Regatta, Sydney / S.S. Orizaba, Flagshi…
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Superb large lithograph of yachting on Sydney Harbour with S.S. Orizaba. Rare. S.S. Orizaba a mail steamer was wrecked off Rockingham, Western Australia, on 16 February 1905. On her approach to Fremantle, a smog of bushfire smoke was obscuring the … Read Full Description
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S/N: PVOA-NS-044–398066
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Categories: NSW – Sydney, SHIPS & YACHTS, SPORTS, AUSTRALIA, PRINTS & PHOTOGRAPHS, TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEWS, Yachting
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Full Title:
Centennial Regatta, Sydney / S.S. Orizaba, Flagship.
Date:
C1890
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Photolithograph printed in colour
Image Size:
365mm
x 292mm
Paper Size:
545mm
x 438mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1890
Description:
Superb large lithograph of yachting on Sydney Harbour with S.S. Orizaba. Rare.
S.S. Orizaba a mail steamer was wrecked off Rockingham, Western Australia, on 16 February 1905. On her approach to Fremantle, a smog of bushfire smoke was obscuring the coast and the captain lost his bearings. The ship went aground in 6.1 metres (20 ft) of water on Five Fathom Bank, west of Garden Island. All 160 people on board were evacuated safely. It is one of the largest ships ever to be wrecked in Australian waters
This series of views were the first examples of the new printing technique of photo lithography. In this method the plate was photo sensitised and the image was then transferred by photography. The plate then was inked and printed in the traditional way. Rare.
From Picturesque Views of Australia.
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 1411a, Vol. VI, P.1034.
Adam Stephan ( - )
Adam Stephan was a lithographer and Samuel Phillip was a photographer who began working on their new process of photo lithography in 1884, and by late 1887 had formed a company in Sydney. A Melbourne company was established in June 1889 and a Brisbane branch was also contemplated in that year.
