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C1875
Chinese Rites at the Graves of Their Countrymen.
Scarce colonial engraving of Chinese performing traditional burial rites at a Melbourne cemetery. From the original edition of the Illustrated Australian News.
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Full Title:
Chinese Rites at the Graves of Their Countrymen.
Date:
C1875
Condition:
Minor creasing at top right, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
227mm
x 175mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1875
Description:
Scarce colonial engraving of Chinese performing traditional burial rites at a Melbourne cemetery.
From the original edition of the Illustrated Australian News.
Collections:
State Library Victoria: PCINF IAN 10-09-72 P.196
State Library Victoria: PCINF IAN 10-09-72 P.196
(Tom) Francis Thomas Dean Carrington (1843 - 1918)
T.C. - (Tom) Francis Thomas Dean Carrington (1843 - 1918) Carrington was born in London and studied in Paris before moving to Melbourne in the 1860s and pursuing an art career. He was a cartoonist for Melbourne Punch, and artist for the Australasian Sketcher. He joined the special train accompanying the police to Glenrowan, to cover the last siege of Ned Kelly. His article ‘Catching the Kellys: a personal narrative of one who went in the special train’ was published in The Australasian on Saturday 3 July, 1880. This article, written in the first person, evocatively describes the siege and capture of Kelly at Glenrowan. Carrington’s illustrations of the siege and its aftermath for the Australasian Sketcher are among his most famous drawings. Together, his words and images underpin the way Ned Kelly is remembered in Australian history and cultural mythology.
