C1888

Port Moresby.

Artist:

Frederic B. Schell (1838 - 1900)

Scarce c19th hand coloured engraved view of Port Moresby in 1888. Port Moresby was first settled by Australia in 1873. British naval officer John Moresby visited the area while commanding the survey vessel HMS Basilisk. During this expedition he charted … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Port Moresby.

Date:

C1888

Artist:

Frederic B. Schell (1838 - 1900)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured engraving.

Image Size:

220mm

x 222mm

Paper Size:

153mm

x 245mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1888

Description:

Scarce c19th hand coloured engraved view of Port Moresby in 1888.

Port Moresby was first settled by Australia in 1873. British naval officer John Moresby visited the area while commanding the survey vessel HMS Basilisk. During this expedition he charted the harbour, which he named Port Moresby after his father, Fairfax Moresby.

References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 9829g.
Hughes-d’Aeth, T. Paper Nation : The Story of the Picturesque Atlas of Australia. Melbourne 2001.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1654251
National Gallery Australia: LEGACY ID 34588
Royal Collection Trust UK: RCIN 1046852
Getty Museum Los Angeles: Object name: 1218593
State Library New South Wales: RECORD IDENTIFIER 74VvDRQZXzWd

State Library Victoria: CCF 919.4 G19.

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.

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