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C1882
Destruction of the Schooner Pet by a Sperm Whale
Rare engraving from the original edition of the Australasian Sketcher.
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Full Title:
Destruction of the Schooner Pet by a Sperm Whale
Date:
C1882
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Image Size:
230mm
x 165mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1882
Description:
Rare engraving from the original edition of the Australasian Sketcher.
J.W.C. - James Waltham Curtis (1839 - 1901)
Curtis was a painter, illustrator and photographic colourist. A regular exhibitor at the Black and White exhibitions, Victorian Academy of Arts, in the 1880s. painter, illustrator and photographic colourist, was born in Devonshire. He had worked on the London Graphic and Sketcher before coming to Victoria, probably with the goldrush. In Melbourne he worked first as a colourist for Johnstone, O’Shannessy and Co., then as an illustrator on the Illustrated Australian News succeeding O.R. Campbell. He often signed his works with the monogram.
