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C1878
The Kelly Gang. – The Murder of Aaron Sherritt
Rare engraving of Joe Byrne shooting Aaron Sherritt who the Kelly’s gang suspected as being a police informer. From the original edition of the The Illustrated Sydney News.
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Full Title:
The Kelly Gang. – The Murder of Aaron Sherritt
Date:
C1878
Condition:
Repaired tear at left hand side sheet edge, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Engraving.
Image Size:
230mm
x 227mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1878
Description:
Rare engraving of Joe Byrne shooting Aaron Sherritt who the Kelly’s gang suspected as being a police informer.
From the original edition of the The Illustrated Sydney News.
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.
