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C1886
The “Lady Nelson” Entering Port Phillip.
Artist:
Colonial engraving of the Lady Nelson entering Port Phillip. The Lady Nelson was designed incorporating Captain John Schank’s new sliding keel that enabled closer navigation in shallow waters. Lieutenant James Grant was given the command of the Lady Nelson with … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The “Lady Nelson” Entering Port Phillip.
Date:
C1886
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
175mm
x 175mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1886
Description:
Colonial engraving of the Lady Nelson entering Port Phillip.
The Lady Nelson was designed incorporating Captain John Schank’s new sliding keel that enabled closer navigation in shallow waters. Lieutenant James Grant was given the command of the Lady Nelson with instructions to sail her to Sydney and hand her over to Matthew Flinders. He left Portsmouth on 17 March 1800 and while at Cape Town, Grant received additional orders to search for and sail through the recently discovered Bass Strait from the west. He made landfall on the Victorian coast near Mt Schank and proceeded to chart the coast in an easterly direction to Wilson’s Promontory. In doing so he became the first to sail Bass Strait from west to east, creating a new shipping route to the east coast, eliminating the existing southern route around Van Diemen’s Land.
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 9829g.
Hughes-d’Aeth, T. Paper Nation : The Story of the Picturesque Atlas of Australia. Melbourne 2001.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1654251
National Gallery Australia: LEGACY ID 34588
Royal Collection Trust UK: RCIN 1046852
Getty Museum Los Angeles: Object name: 1218593
State Library New South Wales: RECORD IDENTIFIER 74VvDRQZXzWd
State Library Victoria: CCF 919.4 G19
Frederic B. Schell (1838 - 1900)
Schell was an American employed as the senior artist on the most ambitious colonial publication ever attempetd, The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia. He arrived in Sydney with two other American artists, W.T. Smedley and W. C. Fitler, plus a number of engravers including Horace Baker. When Phil May returned to England in 1888 Schell accompanied him. The Grafton Gallery 'Exhibition of Australian Art in London’ 1898 included F.B. Schell, cat.250, 'Junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers, N.S.W.’, cat.254, 'Hamilton Reach, Brisbane’, cat. 255, 'Sydney Harbour, N.S.W.’, lent by the Trustees of Sydney Gallery. He is represented in a number of institutional collections.
