C1878

Polynesian Sketches-A Cocoanut Grove, Fi…

Artist:

J.W.C. - James Waltham Curtis (1839 - 1901)

Scarce, large c.19th hand coloured engraving of Fiji four years after the British had annexed Fiji in October 1874. From the original edition of the Illustrated Australian News. Collections: University Queensland: Identifier 991000982479703131 State Library Victoria: PCINF IAN 04-09-76 P.133 National … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Polynesian Sketches-A Cocoanut Grove, Fiji.

Date:

C1878

Artist:

J.W.C. - James Waltham Curtis (1839 - 1901)

Condition:

In good condition

Technique:

Hand coloured engraving.

Image Size:

352mm

x 223mm

Paper Size:

400mm

x 277mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1878

Description:

Scarce, large c.19th hand coloured engraving of Fiji four years after the British had annexed Fiji in October 1874.

From the original edition of the Illustrated Australian News.

Collections:
University Queensland: Identifier 991000982479703131
State Library Victoria: PCINF IAN 04-09-76 P.133
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2495305
State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBERS F079/55, TN380
Royal Geographic Society SA: RGS Special Coll. 079.94 I29d

References:
Syme, E. & D, Illustrated Australian News. ISSN 2208-5386.

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.

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