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C1870
Incident of the Late Flood, New South Wales.
Rare c.19th hand coloured engraving of the floods at Bodalla in 1870, depicting a Mr. Michael Bell and his family taking refuge in the barn after his house was swept away by the flood waters. The barn was full of … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Incident of the Late Flood, New South Wales.
Date:
C1870
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
226mm
x 152mm
Paper Size:
262mm
x 173mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1870
Description:
Rare c.19th hand coloured engraving of the floods at Bodalla in 1870, depicting a Mr. Michael Bell and his family taking refuge in the barn after his house was swept away by the flood waters.
The barn was full of wheat and so floated down river, the family is shown beating off two bullocks that tried to come on board.
From the original edition of the Illustrated Australian News.
Collections:
University Queensland: Identifier 991000982479703131
State Library Victoria: PCINF IAN 04-09-76 P.133
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2495305
State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBERS F079/55, TN380
Royal Geographic Society SA: RGS Special Coll. 079.94 I29d
References:
Syme, E. & D, Illustrated Australian News. ISSN 2208-5386.
J.W.C. - James Waltham Curtis (1839 - 1901)
Curtis was a 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 goldrush. 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.
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Samuel Calvert (1828 - 1913)
Samuel Calvert (1828-1913) English painter and engraver who moved to Adelaide after his older brothers John and William migrated to South Australia in 1843. By 1850 Calvert had set up on his own account in King William Street then then moved to Melbourne as an engraver in 1853. He was a prolific and left a large body of work.
