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C1880
The February Gales in the English Channel.-Narrow Escape of the Steamship “Hankow.”
Scarce c.19th engraving t=of the ship, Nankow struggling in gale force winds in the English Channel. From the original edition of the Illustrated Sydney News.
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Full Title:
The February Gales in the English Channel.-Narrow Escape of the Steamship “Hankow.”
Date:
C1880
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Engraving.
Image Size:
339mm
x 214mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1880
Description:
Scarce c.19th engraving t=of the ship, Nankow struggling in gale force winds in the English Channel.
From the original edition of the Illustrated Sydney News.
J.W.C. - James Waltham Curtis (1839 - 1901)
Curtis was a painter, illustrator and photographic colourist. A regular exhibitor at the Black and White exhibitions, Victorian Academy of Arts, in the 1880s. painter, illustrator and photographic colourist, was born in Devonshire. He had worked on the London Graphic and Sketcher before coming to Victoria, probably with the goldrush. In Melbourne he worked first as a colourist for Johnstone, O’Shannessy and Co., then as an illustrator on the Illustrated Australian News succeeding O.R. Campbell. He often signed his works with the monogram.
