Cumberland Street, 1880 / George Collingridge

ML 1622

fonds

1880

Graphic Materials, Paintings

9676370

1 painting - oil on panel - 42 x 33 cm

George Alphonse de Tourcey Collingridge was born on 29 October 1847 at Goddington Manor, near Bicester, Oxfordshire, England. His family moved to Paris in 1853 where he was educated and studied architecture in Paris. In 1879, he migrated to Australia and worked for the Illustrated Sydney News, the Australian Town and Country Journal and the Sydney Mail. With his brother Arthur, he founded the (Royal) Art Society of New South Wales in July 1880. He became particularly interested in European maritime exploration of Australia, and was an ardent proponent of the theory that the Portuguese had charted most of the Australian coastline by 1530, publishing two books and over two dozen articles on the subject. He died on 1 June 1931 at the Coast Hospital (Prince Henry Hospital) in Randwick, Sydney.

Source:
Australian Dictionary of Biography. "George Alphonse Collingridge de Tourcey (1847–1931)". Accessed 5 December 2023. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/collingridge-de-tourcey-george-alphonse-5733

The work has been previously exhibited four times: -Society of Artists' Rooms, catalogue item number 75, 'Exhibition of Pictures of Old Sydney,' Sydney, 1902. Work was titled 'View in Cumberland-street and old Stone-house built by Governor Macquarie'. -S.H. Ervin Museum and Art Gallery, Sydney, 'The Rocks Area Exhibition', 5 March to 5 April, 1981. -Woolloomooloo Gallery, 'Sydney Through the Artist's Eyes 1840s - 1980s' Bicentennial exhibition, Sydney, 1988. -Museum of Sydney in association with the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, catalogue page 180, 'Painting the Rocks: The Loss of Old Sydney', Sydney, 2010. Work was titled 'View in Cumberland Street'.

Oil on panel painting depicting Cumberland Street, Sydney, looking south towards the city. The white house with blue roof on the right side is number 99 Cumberland Street, and on the opposite side of the street, beneath the verandah of one of the houses, stands a group of citizens.

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Image of work published in Painting the Rocks: The Loss of Old Sydney, Paul Ashton, Caroline Butler-Bowdon, Anna Cossu and Wayne Johnson, 2010, Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Sydney, page 180. Source: Bonhams. "George Alphonse de Tourcey Collingridge (British, 1847-1931) Cumberland St, 1880." Accessed 5 December 2023. https://www.bonhams.com/auction/29110/lot/22/george-alphonse-de-tourcey-collingridge-british-1847-1931-cumberland-st-1880/

Signed and dated "G. Collingridge 1880" in lower left corner.