Humpy Bong. - Antique View from 1886
C1886

Humpy Bong.

Artist:

Frederic B. Schell (1838 - 1900)

Engraved c.19th view of Humpybong, near Redcliffe, Queensland. It was so called because when the British abandoned the area in favour of Brisbane they left behind their empty huts. Aborigines called it Humpybong meaning dead humpies. References: Ferguson, J. A. … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Humpy Bong.

Date:

C1886

Artist:

Frederic B. Schell (1838 - 1900)

Condition:

In good condition

Technique:

Hand coloured engraving.

Image Size: 

255mm 
x 170mm

Paper Size: 

282mm 
x 191mm
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Humpy Bong. - Antique View from 1886

Genuine antique
dated:

1886

Description:

Engraved c.19th view of Humpybong, near Redcliffe, Queensland.

It was so called because when the British abandoned the area in favour of Brisbane they left behind their empty huts. Aborigines called it Humpybong meaning dead humpies.

References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 9829g.
Hughes-d’Aeth, T. Paper Nation : The Story of the Picturesque Atlas of Australia. Melbourne 2001 :.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1654251
National Gallery Australia: LEGACY ID 34588
Royal Collection Trust UK: RCIN 1046852
Getty Museum Los Angeles: Object name: 1218593
State Library New South Wales: RECORD IDENTIFIER 74VvDRQZXzWd
State Library Victoria: CCF 919.4 G19

Frederic B. Schell (1838 - 1900)

Schell was an American employed as the senior artist on the most ambitious colonial publication ever attempetd, The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia. He arrived in Sydney with two other American artists, W.T. Smedley and W. C. Fitler, plus a number of engravers including Horace Baker. When Phil May returned to England in 1888 Schell accompanied him. The Grafton Gallery 'Exhibition of Australian Art in London’ 1898 included F.B. Schell, cat.250, 'Junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers, N.S.W.’, cat.254, 'Hamilton Reach, Brisbane’, cat. 255, 'Sydney Harbour, N.S.W.’, lent by the Trustees of Sydney Gallery. He is represented in a number of institutional collections.

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