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C1884
Hordern Brothers’ Drapery Establishment, Pit…
Rare c.19th hand coloured engraving of Anthony Hordern & Sons, the largest department store in Sydney, comprising 52 acres of retail space. It was also at one time, the largest department store in the world. From the original edition of The … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Hordern Brothers’ Drapery Establishment, Pit…
Date:
C1884
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
203mm
x 150mm
Paper Size:
245mm
x 177mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1884
Description:
Rare c.19th hand coloured engraving of Anthony Hordern & Sons, the largest department store in Sydney, comprising 52 acres of retail space.
It was also at one time, the largest department store in the world.
From the original edition of The Illustrated Sydney News.
References:
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.
