C1876

The Intercolonial Cricket Match (Scene in Front of the Grand Stand).

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Rare engraving of the Intercolonial cricket match held at the Albert Ground, Sydney, between Victoria and New South Wales on 25–26, 28 February 1876. New South Wales won by 195 runs. From the original edition of the Illustrated Sydney News.

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Full Title:

The Intercolonial Cricket Match (Scene in Front of the Grand Stand).

Date:

C1876

Artist:

Unknown

Condition:

In good condition

Technique:

Engraving.

Image Size:

225mm

x 380mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1876

Description:

Rare engraving of the Intercolonial cricket match held at the Albert Ground, Sydney, between Victoria and New South Wales on 25–26, 28 February 1876. New South Wales won by 195 runs.

From the original edition of the Illustrated Sydney News.

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.