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C1872
Telegraphy School, Technological Museum, Melbourne.
Artist:
Thomas Selby Cousins (1840 - 1897)
Rare colonial engraving of the establishment of the telegraph in Australia. From the original edition of the Illustrated Australian News.
$A 125
S/N: IAN-AA-720618132–229162
(B010)
Categories: General – Australiana, Telephony – Telegraph & telephone
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Full Title:
Telegraphy School, Technological Museum, Melbourne.
Date:
C1872
Artist:
Thomas Selby Cousins (1840 - 1897)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
225mm
x 162mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1872
Description:
Rare colonial engraving of the establishment of the telegraph in Australia.
From the original edition of the Illustrated Australian News.
Artist:
Thomas Selby Cousins (1840 – 1897)
Cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and engraver son of the engraver Henry Cousins and nephew of the engraver Samuel Cousins.He emigrated for health reasons to New Zealand in 1863-64 . He moved to Melbourne in 1867 found work as an illustrator and cartoonist. After sometime he returned to Christchurch and worked primarily as a portrait painter.
