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C1862
The Melbourne Club.
Artist:
Finely engraved early view of the Melbourne Club situated at 36 Collins Street, Melbourne was founded by young squatters (sheep farmers) in 1839 and moved to this London-style clubhouse designed by Leonard Terry in 1858. The Club at first looked … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The Melbourne Club.
Date:
C1862
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
140mm
x 110mm
Paper Size:
274mm
x 205mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1862
Description:
Finely engraved early view of the Melbourne Club situated at 36 Collins Street, Melbourne was founded by young squatters (sheep farmers) in 1839 and moved to this London-style clubhouse designed by Leonard Terry in 1858. The Club at first looked down on the gold generation (‘the wealthy unwashed’), but quietly welcomed many of them in later years.
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 9924b.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 737884
State Library Victoria: Record ID 9920304983607636
State Library New South Wales: MMS ID 991011220999702626
State Library South Australia: Special Collection 994.5T
Arthur Wilmore (1814 - 1951)
Wilmore was born at Birmingham on 6 June 1814, brother of James Tibbitts Willmore, by whom he was trained. He became an engraver, excelling chiefly in landscape work. He was extensively employed and executed many plates for the ‘Art Journal’ from pictures by Collins, Cooke, Creswick, Rubens, Stanfield, Turner, Van Dyck, and others. His most important work was ‘The Return of the Lifeboat,’ after E. Duncan, engraved for the Art Union, 1878. Willmore frequently exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1858 and 1885. He died on 3 Nov. 1888.
