C1886

The Telephone Exchange.

Artist:

William Thomas Smedley (1858 - 1921)

$A 55

Scarce c.19th hand coloured engraving of an Australian colonial telephone exchange. The first telephone service was in 1879, with the first telephone exchange opening in Melbourne in 1880. References: Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

The Telephone Exchange.

Date:

C1886

Artist:

William Thomas Smedley (1858 - 1921)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured engraving.

Image Size:

162mm

x 112mm

Paper Size:

215mm

x 155mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1886

Description:

Scarce c.19th hand coloured engraving of an Australian colonial telephone exchange.

The first telephone service was in 1879, with the first telephone exchange opening in Melbourne in 1880.

References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 9829g
Hughes-d’Aeth, T. Paper Nation : The Story of the Picturesque Atlas of Australia. Melbourne 2001

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1654251
National Gallery Australia: LEGACY ID 34588
Royal Collection Trust UK: RCIN 1046852
Getty Museum Los Angeles: Object name: 1218593 State
Library New South Wales: RECORD IDENTIFIER 74VvDRQZXzWd
State Library Victoria: CCF 919.4 G1

William Thomas Smedley (1858 - 1921)

Smedley was born in Pennsylvania , worked on a newspaper, then studied engraving and art in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He settled in New York in 1880. His first illustrations were for the series Picturesque Canada and in 1905 became a member of the National Academy of Design. Most of his art was illustrative but he also painted portraits and watercolours, receiving the Evans Prize of the American Water Color Society in 1890, and a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition of 1900.

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