C1876

Polynesian Sketches – A Native bri…

Artist:

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

Scarce colonial engraving of a village scene on the island of Savai, also known as Samoa. From the original edition of the Illustrated Australian News. Collections: University Queensland: Identifier 991000982479703131 State Library Victoria: PCINF IAN 21-03-77 P.37National Library Australia: Bib ID … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Polynesian Sketches – A Native bridge in the Island of Savai.

Date:

C1876

Artist:

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

Engraver:

Samuel Calvert

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Engraving.

Image Size:

35mm

x 214mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1876

Description:

Scarce colonial engraving of a village scene on the island of Savai, also known as Samoa.

From the original edition of the Illustrated Australian News.

Collections:
University Queensland: Identifier 991000982479703131
State Library Victoria: PCINF IAN 21-03-77 P.37National 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

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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