Sydney Illustrated. The Australian Club, Macquarie Street c1880

by The Graphic

Antique print of Australian oldest private gentlemen's Club, established in 1838.

Original wood engraving entitled "Sydney Illustrated" published in London in The Graphic on January 10, 1880 (with later fine hand-colour).

The Graphic periodical was an illustrated weekly newspaper that began production in 1869. It became the main competitor for The Illustrated London News, and its wood engraved illustrations were of the highest standard of any newspaper, but with the advent of modern technology and photography in the twentieth century, fifty years later the quality deteriorated considerably. The Graphic ceased publication in 1923.

Page size is 405 x 290mm (16 x 11.25 inches).