{"product_id":"australia-mt-sefton-and-the-hooker-river-c1886","title":"Australia, Mt Sefton and The Hooker River, c1886","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePrint from Garran's The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDate: c1886\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArtist: Schell, Frederick B\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher: Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaper Size: 140 x 190mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition: good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTechnique: Wood Engraving\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePrice: $60\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDescription: Wood Engraving with later hand colouring\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Picturesque Atlas of Australasia \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished in Sydney in 1886-88, the enormous, multi-volume \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Picturesque Atlas of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAustralasia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e was an attempt with words and pictures to describe the Australia of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIts publication was one of the most significant cultural projects in 19th-century Australia. Writers, artists, academics, and politicians came together to prepare a book of unprecedented grandeur and ambition, and a publishing company was established to publish it. The 1100+ engravings on steel and wood contained in the Picturesque Atlas were among the finest engravings to be found anywhere in the world at this time, and many of the illustrations were specially commissioned works by leading Australian artists of the era, for the publication.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThere are thirty maps in the Atlas's 800 pages, plus hundreds of sketches. The word 'picturesque' was popularised by William Gilpin, for it was he who really popularised the idea of traveling in search of picturesque views. Picturesque took on an increasingly acquisitive edge, as admiration of the beauty of the land was joined by a concern to exploit it. A 'deep reverence for production' can be seen in the Picturesque Atlas's many illustrations of mines, factories, and agricultural processes. The slag heaps of a mine were now as 'picturesque' as a fern-filled valley.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOf the hundreds of images included in the Atlas, you will find street scenes, monuments, churches, hills, seaside, farms, horses, scrub, country towns, ships, daily life activities, headstones, bridges, people, caves, aborigines, and mountains just to mention a few.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThough the Atlas was heavily dependent upon illustrations as its main selling point, these were set within texts describing the landscape, industry, and city streets. Photography was invented at the time of publication, and it has been said that a number of the engravings in the book were based on photographs, but it was chosen to use the engravings instead, even though it could take weeks to engrave on an 18 x 2.5cm block. By doing this just adds to the uniqueness and high quality of this publication.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA unique and valuable historical record of Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePlace of publication was in Sydney.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo read about The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/antiquarianprintshop.com\/blogs\/news\/picturesque-atlas-of-australasia\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eclick here.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo read about Schell, Frederic B \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/antiquarianprintshop.com\/blogs\/interesting-points-about-antique-prints\/schell-frederic-b?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=4fe9dc925\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003eclick here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Antiquarian Print Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39574488940630,"sku":"","price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1617\/1641\/products\/Aus_woodeng_MtSeftonandHookerRiver_afterF.B.Schell_Sydney1886_laterhandcolour_60_p175x160_ef4ef949-2d6a-4e3a-b149-195ddb2095c1.jpg?v=1634102855","url":"https:\/\/antiquarianprintshop.com\/products\/australia-mt-sefton-and-the-hooker-river-c1886","provider":"Antiquarian Print Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}