C1867

The Surrender of the Bushrangers Clarke to Wright’s Party of Police.

Rare engraving showing John Clarke the bushranger shaking hands with the police after he and his brother were captured at Berry’s Hut, Jinden, New South Wales. During April a police patrol led by Senior Constable Wright and an Aboriginal tracker … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

The Surrender of the Bushrangers Clarke to Wright’s Party of Police.

Date:

C1867

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured engraving.

Image Size: 

353mm 
x 238mm
AUTHENTICITY
The Surrender of the Bushrangers Clarke to Wright's Party of Police. - Antique Print from 1867

Genuine antique
dated:

1867

Description:

Rare engraving showing John Clarke the bushranger shaking hands with the police after he and his brother were captured at Berry’s Hut, Jinden, New South Wales.

During April a police patrol led by Senior Constable Wright and an Aboriginal tracker Sir Watkin Wynne (later Sergeant Major Sir Watkin Wynne), followed information to Jinden Creek, and reached Berry’s hut on Friday 26 April. The bushrangers and police engaged in a shoot-out that Saturday morning, during which John was shot in the right shoulder, and a plain clothes policeman received a gunshot graze. Wynne also received injuries during the fight. Senior Constable Walsh called for the bushrangers to surrender, and eventually they agreed. The reward for Tom Clarke had by then been raised to £1,000 and that for John to £500. After their surrender, the brothers shook hands with the police, and were arraigned in Braidwood before being taken by coach to the port of Nelligen, where they were shackled to the prison tree. From there they were conveyed to Sydney. On 13 May they appeared in court for their committal hearing, on wounding Wynne, prior to their capture by Wright, Walsh, Egan and Lenehan. Tom and John Clarke were hanged from twin gallows at Darlinghurst Jail on June 25, 1867.

From the original edition of the Illustrated Sydney News.

Arthur Levett Jackson (1834 - 1888)

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