C1885

From Mount Keira, Showing Schoolhouse and Lake Illawarra in the Distance.

Artist:

Arthur Collingridge de Tourcey (1853 - 1907)

$A 225

Rare c.19th hand coloured engraving of Mount Keira Demonstration School, Wollongong. The school celebrated 150 years of quality public education, marking its origins around 1861 – 1862 as a local public school and reflecting its long-standing presence. Situated at the … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

From Mount Keira, Showing Schoolhouse and Lake Illawarra in the Distance.

Date:

C1885

Artist:

Arthur Collingridge de Tourcey (1853 - 1907)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured engraving.

Image Size:

229mm

x 177mm

Paper Size:

250mm

x 205mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1885

Description:

Rare c.19th hand coloured engraving of Mount Keira Demonstration School, Wollongong.

The school celebrated 150 years of quality public education, marking its origins around 1861 – 1862 as a local public school and reflecting its long-standing presence. Situated at the base of the Illawarra Escarpment and nestled amidst rainforest and ocean vistas, the school’s heritage features include its original sandstone classroom building, historic school bell, and a dedicated history room that preserves artefacts and memories of its early years.

From the original edition of The Illustrated Sydney News.

References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976: 10736, 10737, 10738
Gibbs & Shallard. Illustrated Sydney News. ISSN 2203-5397

Collections:
State Library New South Wales: F8/39-40
State Library Victoria: PCINF SLVIC=1853-1872
National Library Australia: Bib ID 440095

Arthur Collingridge de Tourcey (1853 - 1907)

Collingridge was a painter, illustrator and teacher who became staff artist for the Illustrated London News and The Graphic both very successful London newspapers, before emigrating to Australia. He was one of several sons in an old Catholic family from Godington Manor, Oxfordshire. Like his brother George , he mostly dropped the 'de Tourcey’ in Australia. came to Sydney in 1879 where he worked as an illustrator for the Sydney Mail , the Town and Country Journal. He founded the New South Wales Art Society and was staff artist of the Illustrated Sydney News. Collingridge exhibited widely, mainly in New South Wales and was a founding member of the Royal Art Society of NSW 1880.

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