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C1880
The Intercolonial Bowling Match at North Annandale.-The Residence of Mr. John Young.
Very rare engraving of a colonial bowling match held at John Young’s property at Annandale. From the original edition of the Town & Country Journal.
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Full Title:
The Intercolonial Bowling Match at North Annandale.-The Residence of Mr. John Young.
Date:
C1880
Artist:
Unknown
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
230mm
x 230mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1880
Description:
Very rare engraving of a colonial bowling match held at John Young’s property at Annandale.
From the original edition of the Town & Country Journal.
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.Collingridge exhibited widely, mainly in New South Wales and was a founding member of the Royal Art Society of NSW 1880.
