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C1878
The Murderous Attack of the Kelly Gang on the Victorian Police.
Rare engraving of the Kelly’s attack on the Victorian police. From the original edition of the Illustrated Sydney News.
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Full Title:
The Murderous Attack of the Kelly Gang on the Victorian Police.
Date:
C1878
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Engraving.
Image Size:
327mm
x 225mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1878
Description:
Rare engraving of the Kelly’s attack on the Victorian police.
From the original edition of 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.
