Entrance to the River Derwent, Tasmania. - Antique View from 1877
C1877

Entrance to the River Derwent, Tasmania.

Artist:

J.W.C. - James Waltham Curtis (1839 - 1901)

Scarce, c.19th hand coloured engraving of the Iron Pot lighthouse situated at the mouth of the Derwent which is the second oldest lighthouse in Australia and the oldest existing original tower in Australia. From the original edition of the Illustrated Australian … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Entrance to the River Derwent, Tasmania.

Date:

C1877

Artist:

J.W.C. - James Waltham Curtis (1839 - 1901)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured engraving.

Image Size: 

228mm 
x 150mm

Paper Size: 

258mm 
x 177mm
AUTHENTICITY
Entrance to the River Derwent, Tasmania. - Antique View from 1877

Genuine antique
dated:

1877

Description:

Scarce, c.19th hand coloured engraving of the Iron Pot lighthouse situated at the mouth of the Derwent which is the second oldest lighthouse in Australia and the oldest existing original tower in Australia.

From the original edition of the Illustrated Australian News. 

Collections:
University Queensland: Identifier 991000982479703131
State Library Victoria: PCINF IAN 04-09-76 P.133
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2495305
State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBERS F079/55, TN380
Royal Geographic Society SA: RGS Special Coll. 079.94 I29d

References:
Syme, E. & D, Illustrated Australian News. ISSN 2208-5386.

 

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.

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