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C1869
The “Investigator” Laying the Electric Cable Between Victoria and Tasmania-the Start from Western Port Bay.
Rare c.19th hand coloured engraving showing the start of the electric cable being laid down at Western Port. From the original edition of The Illustrated Sydney News. References: Gibbs & Shallard. Illustrated Sydney News. ISSN 2203-5397. Collections: State Library New South … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The “Investigator” Laying the Electric Cable Between Victoria and Tasmania-the Start from Western Port Bay.
Date:
C1869
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
367mm
x 227mm
Paper Size:
415mm
x 275mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1869
Description:
Rare c.19th hand coloured engraving showing the start of the electric cable being laid down at Western Port.
From the original edition of The Illustrated Sydney News.
References:
Gibbs & Shallard. Illustrated Sydney News. ISSN 2203-5397.
Collections:
State Library New South Wales: F8/39-40
State Library Victoria: PCINF SLVIC=1853-1872
National Library Australia: Bib ID 440095
O.R.C. - Oswald Rose Campbell (1820 - 1887)
Campbell was an artist born in the Channel Islands, arrived in Melbourne in October 1852. He then moved to Sydney for brief period and returned to Melbourne in 1864. On Thomas Clark's retirement, Campbell applied again for appointment as drawing-master at the School of Design, claiming that for the past twelve years he had been drawing on wood, chiefly figures for the illustrated papers. He was appointed on 1 December 1876 at a salary of £250.
