Lavender Bay, 1881 / George Collingridge

P1/2434

fonds

1881

Graphic Materials, Watercolours

9680935

1 watercolour - 18 x 26 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.

References:
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

Previously held in the collection of Bruce Kerr and Janet Matthews

1 watercolour on paper by George Collingridge showing Lavender Bay on Sydney's lower north shore in 1881. Several buildings are visible along the ridge, including what are probably Christ Church Lavender Bay, the Anglican church built in 1869-72, and St. Francis Xavier Catholic church built in 1881

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

Titled "Lavender Bay 1881" in lower right corner and signed and dated "Geo. Collingridge" in lower left corner.