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C1886
Collins Street East on Sunday Morning.
Colonial engraving of the east end of Collins Street with well dressed Melbournian’s coming out of a church service.
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Full Title:
Collins Street East on Sunday Morning.
Date:
C1886
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
178mm
x 257mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1886
Description:
Colonial engraving of the east end of Collins Street with well dressed Melbournian’s coming out of a church service.
William Thomas Smedley (1858 - 1921)
Smedley was born in Pennsylvania , worked on a newspaper, then studied engraving and art in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He settled in New York in 1880. His first illustrations were for the series Picturesque Canada and in 1905 became a member of the National Academy of Design. Most of his art was illustrative but he also painted portraits and watercolours, receiving the Evans Prize of the American Water Color Society in 1890, and a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition of 1900.
