C1884

St. John’s Galvanized Iron and Wir…

Artist:

Arthur Collingridge de Tourcey (1853 - 1907)

Rare detailed colonial engraving of St. John’s factory at Blackwall Point, Chiswick. 1. Front view. 2. Netting department. 3. Galvanizing department . 4. Fitting Shop. 5. Stock Room. 6. Wharf, Blackwall Point, Parramatta River. From the original edition of The … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

St. John’s Galvanized Iron and Wire Netting Works, Blackwall Point, Parramatta River, Sydney. (Chicwick)

Date:

C1884

Artist:

Arthur Collingridge de Tourcey (1853 - 1907)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Engraving.

Image Size:

220mm

x 320mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1884

Description:

Rare detailed colonial engraving of St. John’s factory at Blackwall Point, Chiswick.

1. Front view.
2. Netting department.
3. Galvanizing department .
4. Fitting Shop.
5. Stock Room.
6. Wharf, Blackwall Point, Parramatta River.

From the original edition of The Illustrated Sydney News.

Arthur Collingridge de Tourcey (1853 - 1907)

Collingridge was a painter, illustrator and teacher who became staff artist for the Illustrated London News and The Graphic both very successful London newspapers, before emigrating to Australia. He was one of several sons in an old Catholic family from Godington Manor, Oxfordshire. Like his brother George , he mostly dropped the 'de Tourcey’ in Australia. came to Sydney in 1879 where he worked as an illustrator for the Sydney Mail , the Town and Country Journal. He founded the New South Wales Art Society and was staff artist of the Illustrated Sydney News. Collingridge exhibited widely, mainly in New South Wales and was a founding member of the Royal Art Society of NSW 1880.

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