C1867

The Recent Floods-The Ruins of the Earth’s’ House and the Finding of the Drowned.

Very rare colonial engraving showing the remains of the Eather families house after the flood. The Eather family had desperately clung onto the roof of their house in the 1867 Hawkesbury River flood at Windsor. The flood waters which reached … Read Full Description

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S/N: ISN-NC-670816216B–440292
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Full Title:

The Recent Floods-The Ruins of the Earth’s’ House and the Finding of the Drowned.

Date:

C1867

Artist:

Unknown

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured engraving.

Image Size: 

233mm 
x 174mm
AUTHENTICITY
The Recent Floods-The Ruins of the Earth's' House and the Finding of the Drowned. - Antique View from 1867

Genuine antique
dated:

1867

Description:

Very rare colonial engraving showing the remains of the Eather families house after the flood.

The Eather family had desperately clung onto the roof of their house in the 1867 Hawkesbury River flood at Windsor. The flood waters which reached almost 20m at Windsor drowned 12 members of the family

On June 21, 1867, brothers Thomas and William Eather and their families sought refuge on the roof of their brother George’s house besides Rickabys Creek in Cornwallis. But before a rescue boat arrived, the house collapsed, sweeping the wives and 10 children away.

From the original edition of The Illustrated Sydney News.

Collections:
State Library New South Wales: F8/39-40
State Library Victoria: 1853-1872
National Library Australia: Bib ID 440095

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