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C1886
Laying Foundation Stone of Warden’s Residence, St. Paul’s College, by Lord Carrington.
Rare engraving of the laying of the foundation stone of St. Paul’s College, Sydney University in 1886 by Lord Carrington. St Paul’s was the first university college established in Australia. It was founded in 1856 following an unsuccessful attempt by … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Laying Foundation Stone of Warden’s Residence, St. Paul’s College, by Lord Carrington.
Date:
C1886
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
210mm
x 165mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1886
Description:
Rare engraving of the laying of the foundation stone of St. Paul’s College, Sydney University in 1886 by Lord Carrington.
St Paul’s was the first university college established in Australia. It was founded in 1856 following an unsuccessful attempt by members of the Anglican Church to incorporate the earlier St James’s College within the new University of Sydney. The founders of the University of Sydney had initially intended to emulate the collegiate structure of Oxford and Cambridge, and the founding of St Paul’s as the first of the colleges was a key development as part of this vision. The original building was designed in the Gothic style by English-born architect Edmund Blacket the distinguished ecclesiastical architect; he also designed the main university building and would go on to supervise the construction of the Catholic St John’s College.
From the original edition of The Illustrated Sydney News.
References:
Gibbs & Shallard. Illustrated Sydney News. ISSN 2203-5397.
Collections:
State Library New South Wales: F8/39-40
State Library Victoria: PCINF SLVIC=1853-1872
National Library Australia: Bib ID 440095
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.
