Victoria STGill Melbourne Great Collins Street, from Russell Street Antique Print c1857

by Gill, Samuel Thomas

Great Collins Street in Melbourne, Victoria. Looking west from Russell Street.

Original steel engraving by James Tingle after the sketch by Samuel Thomas (S.T.) Gill (1818-1880) for Victoria Illustrated published Melbourne circa 1857. At 21, Gill migrated from London to South Australia. He tried his luck on the goldfields but had more success with his character studies of life on the goldfields. He then moved to Victoria to pursue his painting and drawing of colonial life in Australia.

While we only show the image detail, this lovely engraving page size is 20 x 28cm ( 8 x 11 inches) as published. This engraving was published in black and white, so the fine hand-colour is of a later date.