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C1884
Pearl Fishing in Torres Straits.
Rare hand coloured c.19th engraving of Australian pearling showing numerous helmeted divers and pearl luggers at work.| Titles of inset view; Rendezvous of boats on patch. Divers gathering Shells A Novel Defence An Unwelcome Visitor From the original edition of … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Pearl Fishing in Torres Straits.
Date:
C1884
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
228mm
x 340mm
Paper Size:
265mm
x 370mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1884
Description:
Rare hand coloured c.19th engraving of Australian pearling showing numerous helmeted divers and pearl luggers at work.|
Titles of inset view;
Rendezvous of boats on patch.
Divers gathering Shells
A Novel Defence
An Unwelcome Visitor
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
J.W.C. - James Waltham Curtis (1839 - 1901)
Curtis was a painter, illustrator and photographic colourist. A regular exhibitor at the Black and White exhibitions, Victorian Academy of Arts, in the 1880s. painter, illustrator and photographic colourist, was born in Devonshire. He had worked on the London Graphic and Sketcher before coming to Victoria, probably with the goldrush. In Melbourne he worked first as a colourist for Johnstone, O’Shannessy and Co., then as an illustrator on the Illustrated Australian News succeeding O.R. Campbell. He often signed his works with the monogram.
