Brisbane, from Bowen Terrace. Brisbane River and RMS Quetta c1886  E-mail this product to a friend

Brisbane from Bowen Terrace. Important view looking back towards the city in 1886, showing RMS Quetta which was lost in the Adolphus Channel in 1890 (134 died)

Reproduction print from a hand-coloured wood engraving by Andrew, after New York-born artist Frederick B. Schell (1838-1905), from his 1884-1888 travels around Australia. At the age of 29 Schell was commissioned to select the illustrations for the “Picturesque Atlas of Australasia” published in Sydney between 1886 and 1889 by the Honourable Andrew Garran, M.A., LL.D., M.L.C., to provide a graphic summary of Australia’s development and commemorate 100 years of settlement.

Image size 260 x 145mm