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C1867
The Old Figtree, near Wollongong.
Artist:
Very rare detailed colonial engraving of Figtree, New South Wales. In 1821 Cornelius O’Brien discovered a track over the escarpment 1846 and by 1861 Figtree Bridge was built by Moore & Vaughan for the municipality. In 1867 Figtree Inn, a … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The Old Figtree, near Wollongong.
Date:
C1867
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
283mm
x 170mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1867
Description:
Very rare detailed colonial engraving of Figtree, New South Wales.
In 1821 Cornelius O’Brien discovered a track over the escarpment 1846 and by 1861 Figtree Bridge was built by Moore & Vaughan for the municipality. In 1867 Figtree Inn, a small weatherboard building was built alongside the giant fig tree, it later had a name change to Figtree Hotel.
From the original edition of the Illustrated Sydney News.
John Rider Roberts (1820 - 1868)
Roberts was a landscape painter, illustrator, surveyor and architect. He was firstly in partnership with Henry Haege as surveyors, civil engineers and architects. One of Roberts’s major artistic activities was 'improving’ the survey plans he and Haege provided for land auctioneers by adding topographical views of the areas up for subdivision. Roberts was closely associated with the Illustrated Sydney News up until his death. He provided many topographical drawings and was head of the art department. Roberts also 'tidied up’ drawings from less competent artists before the woodblocks were made. Roberts seems to have been the last of the many proprietors in partnership with its longstanding engraver, printer and publisher, W.G. Mason. Listed as a painter, architect and surveyor of Hordern Street, Newtown, in 1867, John R. Roberts died of 'dropsy’ on 30 June 1868.
