C1878

Norfolk Island., the Residence of the Pitcairn Islanders.

Artist:

Arthur Collingridge de Tourcey (1853 - 1907)

Very rare colonial engraving of Norfolk Island, shows excellent detail of the settlement from a sketch by Captain Armstrong. Titles of inset views from top, clockwise; The Old Gaol, New Harbour Works, Removing Reefs, General View of the Settlement, From the … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Norfolk Island., the Residence of the Pitcairn Islanders.

Date:

C1878

Artist:

Arthur Collingridge de Tourcey (1853 - 1907)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured engraving.

Image Size:

322mm

x 215mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1878

Description:

Very rare colonial engraving of Norfolk Island, shows excellent detail of the settlement from a sketch by Captain Armstrong.

Titles of inset views from top, clockwise;

The Old Gaol, New Harbour Works, Removing Reefs, General View of the Settlement,

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.

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