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C1883
Lake Macquarie. The Entrance, Looking North.
Early view of the site of Port Macquarie which was founded as penal settlement in 1821 and declared a municipality in 1887. A steam train can be seen in the centre of the picture. From the original edition of the … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Lake Macquarie. The Entrance, Looking North.
Date:
C1883
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
325mm
x 220mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1883
Description:
Early view of the site of Port Macquarie which was founded as penal settlement in 1821 and declared a municipality in 1887. A steam train can be seen in the centre of the picture.
From the original edition of the Illustrated Sydney News.
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.
