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C1878
(1880)
The Murderous Attack of the Kelly Gang o…
Rare, c.19th engraving of the Kelly’s attack on the Victorian police. On the 26th of October 1878, a detachment of officers from the Victoria Police was set upon at Stringybark Creek, in the vicinity of Mansfield, by a band of … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The Murderous Attack of the Kelly Gang on the Victorian Police.
Date:
C1878
(1880)
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Engraving.
Image Size:
328mm
x 225mm
Paper Size:
365mm
x 280mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1880
Description:
Rare, c.19th engraving of the Kelly’s attack on the Victorian police.
On the 26th of October 1878, a detachment of officers from the Victoria Police was set upon at Stringybark Creek, in the vicinity of Mansfield, by a band of outlaws under the leadership of Ned Kelly. In the course of this violent encounter, Sergeant Kennedy, together with Constables Lonigan and Scanlan, lost their lives, whilst a fourth officer, Constable Thomas McIntyre, contrived to escape with his life by the narrowest of margins.
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
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.
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