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C1886
Sydney Harbour from Shark Point.
Artist:
Scarce c.19th hand coloured engraved view of Sydney Harbour looking from Vaucluse. References: Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 7280. Collections: National Library Australia: Bib ID 7337226 Library of Congress Washington D.C.: 43021238 Queensland Art Gallery: … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Sydney Harbour from Shark Point.
Date:
C1886
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
252mm
x 125mm
Paper Size:
270mm
x 144mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1886
Description:
Scarce c.19th hand coloured engraved view of Sydney Harbour looking from Vaucluse.
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 7280.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 7337226
Library of Congress Washington D.C.: 43021238
Queensland Art Gallery: Accession No. 2:1216A.017
State Library Victoria: RARELTF 919.4 B643AU
State Library New South Wales: Call Numbers:Q980.1/46D1
State Library South Australia: 919.4 B755 b
State Library of Western Australia: Call Number Q 994
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.