Melbourne from the Yarra River. Busy colonial Australia.

by Garran, Andrew

Wonderful colonial shipping scene on Yarra River, Melbourne.

Heritage Editions reproduction print from a hand-coloured wood engraving by J. Hellawell, after a sketch by 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 in that time.

The size of this view is approximately 16 x 28cm (6.1/2 x 11 inches).