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C1874
Quarantine Burial Ground, Port Jackson.
Artist:
The North Head area was used for quarantine of travellers by sea and then by air, for over 150 years from 1828.
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Full Title:
Quarantine Burial Ground, Port Jackson.
Date:
C1874
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
183mm
x 130mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1874
Description:
The North Head area was used for quarantine of travellers by sea and then by air, for over 150 years from 1828.
John Skinner Prout (1805 - 1876)
John Skinner Prout (1805-1876) Prout was born in England Prout emigrated to Australia in 1840 with his wife and seven children. He soon became involved in the colonial life as a commercial artist, lecturing and publishing his own series of lithographs titled, Sydney Illustrated and Tasmania Illustrated in 1844-1846. His time in Tasmania teaching drawing, sketching and watercolours created interest and fostered a number of colonial amateurs. He is represented in all major institutional collections.
