C1886

NORFOLK ISLAND-Landing Through the Surf, Norfolk Island.

$A 65

C.19th engraved view showing the precarious landing in colonial times on Norfolk Island.

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S/N: PAA-PI-NI-3698–219561
(C009)
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Full Title:

NORFOLK ISLAND-Landing Through the Surf, Norfolk Island.

Date:

C1886

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured engraving.

Image Size: 

180mm 
x 130mm
AUTHENTICITY
NORFOLK ISLAND-Landing Through the Surf, Norfolk Island. - Antique View from 1886

Genuine antique
dated:

1886

Description:

C.19th engraved view showing the precarious landing in colonial times on Norfolk Island.

Frederic B. Schell (1838 - 1900)

Schell was an American employed as the senior artist on the most ambitious colonial publication ever attempetd, The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia. He arrived in Sydney with two other American artists, W.T. Smedley and W. C. Fitler, plus a number of engravers including Horace Baker. When Phil May returned to England in 1888 Schell accompanied him. The Grafton Gallery 'Exhibition of Australian Art in London’ 1898 included F.B. Schell, cat.250, 'Junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers, N.S.W.’, cat.254, 'Hamilton Reach, Brisbane’, cat. 255, 'Sydney Harbour, N.S.W.’, lent by the Trustees of Sydney Gallery. He is represented in a number of institutional collections.

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