The Raising of the Austral. - Antique Print from 1883
C1883

The Raising of the Austral.

Artist:

Arthur Collingridge de Tourcey (1853 - 1907)

Rare engraving of the raising of the Orient S.S. Austral, in Sydney Harbour. The S.S. Austral sank in Sydney Harbour at four o’clock on the morning of the 11th November 1882. She had been loaded with coal and this had … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

The Raising of the Austral.

Date:

C1883

Artist:

Arthur Collingridge de Tourcey (1853 - 1907)

Condition:

In good condition

Technique:

Hand coloured engraving.

Image Size: 

226mm 
x 227mm
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The Raising of the Austral. - Antique Print from 1883

Genuine antique
dated:

1883

Description:

Rare engraving of the raising of the Orient S.S. Austral, in Sydney Harbour.

The S.S. Austral sank in Sydney Harbour at four o’clock on the morning of the 11th November 1882. She had been loaded with coal and this had given her a list to starboard and the lower porthole having been left open made the vessel gradually sink.

Rare engraving from the original edition of the Illustrated Sydney News.

Collections:
State Library New South Wales: DSM/F079.9441/2

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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