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C1866
Recapture of Dunn the Bushranger.
Artist:
Rare colonial bushranger image of John Dunn born 1846? at Murrumburrah near Yass, New South Wales. He was associated with other notorious bushrangers, Ben Hall and John Gilbert. On 26 January 1865, Hall, Gilbert and Dunn were at Collector, near … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Recapture of Dunn the Bushranger.
Date:
C1866
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Engraving.
Image Size:
230mm
x 205mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1866
Description:
Rare colonial bushranger image of John Dunn born 1846? at Murrumburrah near Yass, New South Wales. He was associated with other notorious bushrangers, Ben Hall and John Gilbert.
On 26 January 1865, Hall, Gilbert and Dunn were at Collector, near Lake George, whereby Dunn shot the local police officer, Constable Samuel Nelson, while Hall and Gilbert held up the hotel.
He was captured on 26 December 1865 and hanged at the Darlinghurst gaol in March 1866 and buried in the old Devonshire Street cemetery in Sydney.
From the original edition of the Illustrated Australian News.
Samuel Calvert (1828 - 1913)
Samuel Calvert (1828-1913) English painter and engraver who moved to Adelaide after his older brothers John and William migrated to South Australia in 1843. By 1850 Calvert had set up on his own account in King William Street then then moved to Melbourne as an engraver in 1853. He was a prolific and left a large body of work.
