Yachting on Sydney Harbour. Early sailing yachts (c1886).

by Garran, Andrew

Early yachts with billowing sails. Colonial Australia scene.

Heritage Editions reproduction printed from a hand-coloured wood engraving by A.F. Wood after a sketch by Hogan and Frederick Schell for Picturesque Atlas of Australasia(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.

Print size: approximately 16 x 28cm (6.5 x 11 inches).