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C1879
Townsville, Queensland from the Esplanade.
Artist:
Mr Fallen
Rare engraving of early Townsville from a sketch made by a Mr Fallen. The view shows the Criterion Hotel, Quin’s, the Australian, the Bank of New South Wales, the school of arts and the customs house. From the original edition of … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Townsville, Queensland from the Esplanade.
Date:
C1879
Artist:
Mr Fallen
Engraver:
Arthur Collingridge de Tourcey
(1853 –
1907)
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
227mm
x 175mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1879
Description:
Rare engraving of early Townsville from a sketch made by a Mr Fallen. The view shows the Criterion Hotel, Quin’s, the Australian, the Bank of New South Wales, the school of arts and the customs house.
From the original edition of the Illustrated Sydney News.
Artist:
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.
