C1886

The Melbourne Cricket-Ground.

Artist:

William Thomas Smedley (1858 - 1921)

$A 125

Colonial engraving of the Melbourne Cricket Club which was founded in November 1838. The club grounds moved three times. The engraving shows a bicycle race in progress.

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S/N: PAA-SP-3793–192709

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Full Title:

The Melbourne Cricket-Ground.

Date:

C1886

Artist:

William Thomas Smedley (1858 - 1921)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured engraving.

Image Size:

250mm

x 150mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1886

Description:

Colonial engraving of the Melbourne Cricket Club which was founded in November 1838. The club grounds moved three times. The engraving shows a bicycle race in progress.

William Thomas Smedley (1858 - 1921)

Smedley was born in Pennsylvania , worked on a newspaper, then studied engraving and art in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He settled in New York in 1880. His first illustrations were for the series Picturesque Canada and in 1905 became a member of the National Academy of Design. Most of his art was illustrative but he also painted portraits and watercolours, receiving the Evans Prize of the American Water Color Society in 1890, and a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition of 1900.

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