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C1877
The Otago on Shore at Chasland’s Mistake, N.Z.
Colonial engraving of the steamship, Otago, which was wrecked at the northern end of Chasland’s Mistake (Makati) on December 4th, 1876. The Otago was built by James Lawrie and Company at Whiteinch on the Clyde River, Scotland, and launched in … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The Otago on Shore at Chasland’s Mistake, N.Z.
Date:
C1877
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
227mm
x 162mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1877
Description:
Colonial engraving of the steamship, Otago, which was wrecked at the northern end of Chasland’s Mistake (Makati) on December 4th, 1876. The Otago was built by James Lawrie and Company at Whiteinch on the Clyde River, Scotland, and launched in 1863 as a mail ship had a gross tonnage of 750 tons. Under Captain George Calder’s leadership it was to have travelled from Port Chalmers to Melbourne via Bluff and Hobart. It had a crew of 40 and approximately 80 passengers. The passengers and crew came ashore in four lifeboats and landed on Waipati Beach. They all survived the catastrophe
From the original edition of the Illustrated Australian News.
Collections:
University Queensland: Identifier 991000982479703131
State Library Victoria: PCINF IAN 24-01-77 P.12
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2495305
State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBERS F079/55, TN380
Royal Geographic Society SA: RGS Special Coll. 079.94 I29d
Albert Charles Cooke (1836 - 1902)
Cooke was a painter, engraver, draughtsman and illustrator. Throughout his career he worked for many of the Illustrated newspapers, such as the Illustrated Sydney News, Illustrated Australian News, The Australasian Sketcher and The Leader. He was also well known for a series of birds eye views of a number of Australian cities and towns.
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Samuel Calvert (1828 - 1913)
Samuel Calvert (1828-1913) English painter and engraver who moved to Adelaide after his older brothers John and William migrated to South Australia in 1843. By 1850 Calvert had set up on his own account in King William Street then then moved to Melbourne as an engraver in 1853. He was a prolific and left a large body of work.
