C1884

The Weeping Rock, Wentworth Falls.

Artist:

Arthur Collingridge de Tourcey (1853 - 1907)

Scarce colonial engraved scene of Wentworth Falls, Weeping Rock, where Jamison Creek spills over a rock overhang in the Blue Mountains. From the original edition of the Illustrated Sydney News. Collections: State Library New South Wales: F8/39-40 State Library Victoria: … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

The Weeping Rock, Wentworth Falls.

Date:

C1884

Artist:

Arthur Collingridge de Tourcey (1853 - 1907)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured engraving.

Image Size:

223mm

x 250mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1884

Description:

Scarce colonial engraved scene of Wentworth Falls, Weeping Rock, where Jamison Creek spills over a rock overhang in the Blue Mountains.

From the original edition of the Illustrated Sydney News.

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

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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