C1886

South Head Light, Near the Entrance to Port Jackson.

Artist:

Frederic B. Schell (1838 - 1900)

$A 55

Colonial engraving of South Head lighthouse. South Head Upper Light, at Dunbar Head, on the Old South Head Road, Vaucluse, was the first, and longest serving, lighthouse in Australia. The light commenced operation in 1883 and had a range of … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

South Head Light, Near the Entrance to Port Jackson.

Date:

C1886

Artist:

Frederic B. Schell (1838 - 1900)

Condition:

In good condition

Technique:

Hand coloured engraving.

Image Size:

182mm

x 80mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1886

Description:

Colonial engraving of South Head lighthouse.

South Head Upper Light, at Dunbar Head, on the Old South Head Road, Vaucluse, was the first, and longest serving, lighthouse in Australia. The light commenced operation in 1883 and had a range of twenty five nautical miles. The technology used in this lighthouse (it was one of the first electrically powered lighthouses in the world) was such that a higher level of expertise in the maintenance was required and hence a larger number of staff. This led to the construction in 1881 of two semidetached cottages for the assistants to the Head Keeper. In 1885 new quarters were built for the Engineer and his assistant.

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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