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C1886
Port Lincoln and Boston Bay.
Artist:
Port Lincoln is a substantial city located on Boston Bay (a bay which is more than three and a half times the size of Sydney Harbour). Boston Bay is regarded as one of the finest natural harbours in the world.
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Full Title:
Port Lincoln and Boston Bay.
Date:
C1886
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
150mm
x 100mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1886
Description:
Port Lincoln is a substantial city located on Boston Bay (a bay which is more than three and a half times the size of Sydney Harbour). Boston Bay is regarded as one of the finest natural harbours in the world.
Frederic B. Schell (1838 - 1900)
Schell was an American employed as the senior artist on the most ambitious colonial publication ever attempetd, The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia. He arrived in Sydney with two other American artists, W.T. Smedley and W. C. Fitler, plus a number of engravers including Horace Baker. When Phil May returned to England in 1888 Schell accompanied him. The Grafton Gallery 'Exhibition of Australian Art in London’ 1898 included F.B. Schell, cat.250, 'Junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers, N.S.W.’, cat.254, 'Hamilton Reach, Brisbane’, cat. 255, 'Sydney Harbour, N.S.W.’, lent by the Trustees of Sydney Gallery. He is represented in a number of institutional collections.
