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C1877
hurricane-at-the-lacepede-islands-w-a-wc
Artist:
WC
Dramatic colonial scene of ship wrecks on the Lacepede Islands off the coast of the Dampier Peninsula north west W.A. From the original edition of the Illustrated Sydney News.
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Full Title:
hurricane-at-the-lacepede-islands-w-a-wc
Date:
C1877
Artist:
WC
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
224mm
x 160mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1877
Description:
Dramatic colonial scene of ship wrecks on the Lacepede Islands off the coast of the Dampier Peninsula north west W.A.
From the original edition of the Illustrated Sydney News.
Artist:
James Waltham Curtis (1839-1901)
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 gold rush. 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 J.W. C.
