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C1886
Saturday Night in George Street.
Artist:
William Thomas Smedley (1858 - 1920)
Wonderful Victorian image taken from the & ‘Gowings’ corner of Market and George opposite looking to where the Queen Victoria Building now stands.
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Full Title:
Saturday Night in George Street.
Date:
C1886
Artist:
William Thomas Smedley (1858 - 1920)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
245mm
x 180mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1886
Description:
Wonderful Victorian image taken from the & ‘Gowings’ corner of Market and George opposite looking to where the Queen Victoria Building now stands.
Biography:
William Thomas Smedley (1858-1920)
Smedley was born in Pennsylvania , worked on a newspaper, then studied engraving and art in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He settled in New York in 1880. His first illustrations were for the series Picturesque Canada and in 1905 became a member of the National Academy of Design. Most of his art was illsutrative but he also painted portraits and watercolours, receiving the Evans Prize of the American Water Color Society in 1890, and a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition of 1900.
