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Brisbane from Bowen Terrace. Brisbane River and RMS Quetta (c1886)

Brisbane from Bowen Terrace. Brisbane River and RMS Quetta (c1886)

by Schell, Frederick B.

Early Brisbane River towards city and Mt. Coot-tha.

With loss of 134 lives (of 292 on board), R.M.S. Quetta was lost in February 1890 after hitting an uncharted rock in the Adolphus Channel (Albany Passage) at the north-eastern end of Cape York Peninsula, while on the way to Thursday Island.

Heritage Editions 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 Picturesque Atlas of Australasia published in Sydney between 1886 and 1888 to commemorate 100 years of settlement since the First Fleet arrived in Sydney in 1788, and to provide a graphic summary of Australia’s development.

Image size 260 x 145mm (5.75 x 10.25 inches).

Stock Number: HE201Price: $12.00

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