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C1896
Hyde Park, 1896.
Artist:
Large c.19th engraving of fashionable cyclists in Hyde Park in 1896. From the original edition of the Illustrated London News. References: De Vries, L. History as Hot News: World of the Early Victorians Through the Eyes of the “Illustrated London … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Hyde Park, 1896.
Date:
C1896
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Engraving.
Image Size:
509mm
x 320mm
Paper Size:
565mm
x 344mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1896
Description:
Large c.19th engraving of fashionable cyclists in Hyde Park in 1896.
From the original edition of the Illustrated London News.
References:
De Vries, L. History as Hot News: World of the Early Victorians Through the Eyes of the “Illustrated London News”.. London
1996.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 8438724
State Library Victoria: RARELTEF 052 IL696I
State Library New South Wales: RECORD IDENTIFIER 74Vv5Oy4wEg
Samuel Begg (1854 - 1936)
Begg was born in London 1854 but spent much of his life in New Zealand after his parents emigrated to Napier in 1860. In the early 1870s, he was working as an assistant surveyor for a firm of engineers at Eketahuna when he made the decision to follow a career as an artist. After submitting illustrations to local papers in New Zealand, including the Auckland Weekly Herald and the Illustrated Australian News in Melbourne, he moved to Europe here he attended art school in Paris. In 1894, he was engaged by The Illustrated London News to join the paper and Begg remained there for the next 25 years during which time he established himself as one of the principal “black and white” men and covered numerous major events as a special artist.
