Fitzroy Gardens (1863).
F. Cogné drawn & lith. Printed by Ch. Trodel.
[Melborne, Charles Trodel, 1863-4.]
Tinted lithograph with early hand colour, gum arabic highlights. Printed area 320 x 375mm (11½ x 13¾"). Mount burn around image.
Fitzroy Gardens, named after Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy, governor of New South Wales, were made a public garden in 1848. From 'The Melbourne Album Containing a Series of Views of Melbourne & Country Districts'. Francois Cogné (1829 - 1883), a French artist, worked in Australia from 1856 to 1864.
Wantrup 262: 'The single most outstanding example of the urban topographical plate book produced in Australia'.
[Ref: 11435] £420.00
[Melborne, Charles Trodel, 1863-4.]
Tinted lithograph with early hand colour, gum arabic highlights. Printed area 320 x 375mm (11½ x 13¾"). Mount burn around image.
Fitzroy Gardens, named after Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy, governor of New South Wales, were made a public garden in 1848. From 'The Melbourne Album Containing a Series of Views of Melbourne & Country Districts'. Francois Cogné (1829 - 1883), a French artist, worked in Australia from 1856 to 1864.
Wantrup 262: 'The single most outstanding example of the urban topographical plate book produced in Australia'.
[Ref: 11435] £420.00