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C1883
Mittagong, Showing the Old Sydney Road. From Southey’s Hill.
Rare engraved view of Mittagong, New South Wales in 1883. 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 … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Mittagong, Showing the Old Sydney Road. From Southey’s Hill.
Date:
C1883
Condition:
Small re[aired at top right otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
203mm
x 152mm
Paper Size:
230mm
x 180mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1883
Description:
Rare engraved view of Mittagong, New South Wales in 1883.
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.
