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C1878
The Ship Cairnbulg Dismasted in a Hurricane.
Very rare engraving of the ship Cairnbulg which on a voyage to Sydney on May 1878, Master Birnie, 31 July was hit by a hurricane; lost masts but sailed on severely disabled. It reached Sydney 7 September 1878. From the … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The Ship Cairnbulg Dismasted in a Hurricane.
Date:
C1878
Artist:
Unknown
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
228mm
x 150mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1878
Description:
Very rare engraving of the ship Cairnbulg which on a voyage to Sydney on May 1878, Master Birnie, 31 July was hit by a hurricane; lost masts but sailed on severely disabled. It reached Sydney 7 September 1878.
From the original edition of The Illustrated Sydney News. Â
Biography:
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.Â
