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C1883
On the Railway Route from Sydney to Newcastle.
Rare engraved views of scenes from the Sydney to Newcastle railway. Inset titles; 1.-View from Ryde, Parramatta River and Homebush in the Distance. 2.-Route of the Proposed Railway from Pennant Hills. 3.-Hornsby, from Pearce’s Corner. 4.-On the Peate’s Ferry Road … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
On the Railway Route from Sydney to Newcastle.
Date:
C1883
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Engraving.
Image Size:
335mm
x 230mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1883
Description:
Rare engraved views of scenes from the Sydney to Newcastle railway.
Inset titles;
1.-View from Ryde, Parramatta River and Homebush in the Distance.
2.-Route of the Proposed Railway from Pennant Hills.
3.-Hornsby, from Pearce’s Corner.
4.-On the Peate’s Ferry Road where the Lane crosses.
5.-Specimen of the Country Traversed by the Peate’s Ferry Road.
6.-The Hawkesbury, near Peate’s Ferry.
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.
