Coal mine, Wallsend, N.S.W. / A. Hy Fullwood

SV/359

fonds

approximately 1886

Graphic Materials, Paintings

1006347

1 painting - 40 x 28 cm - pencil and gouache, with gum arabic on paper on board

Albert Henry Fullwood (1863-1930) was born in Birmingham, England and studied art before migrating to Sydney in 1883. A year later he joined the Art Society of New South Wales and shortly afterwards obtained a position on the staff of the Picturesque Atlas of Australia where he completed many illustrations. This illustration was produced for the Picturesque atlas of Australasia (1886) where it appears in Vol.3 page 747 under the entry for the mining industry. The Atlas contains over 700 illustrations that were specially commissioned works by leading Australian artists including Fulwood.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

Purchased by vendor at Davidson Auctions, Sydney, 20 September 2015.

Comprises four vignettes sketched in pencil and painted with gouache on one sheet paper, of coal miners working above and below ground at the colliery in Wallsend, New South Wales.

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

Garran, A., & Schell, F. (1886). Picturesque atlas of Australasia / edited by Andrew Garran ; illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B. Schell, assisted by leading colonial and American artists. Sydney: Picturesque Atlas Publishing, Volume 3, page 747.

Dated and titled from reproduction in Picturesque atlas of Australasia / edited by Andrew Garran. Sydney : Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co., 1886, Volume 3, page 747.

Signed 'A. Hy Fullwood' on lower left quadrant
First vignette at top left titled 'Head of Mine'. Second vignette titled 'Cutting & Holling'. Third vignette titled 'A Trapper'. Fourth vignette titled 'Head of Screens'.
Inscribed in pen 'Coal mine, Wallsend, N.S.W.', Page 747, Picturesque, Atlas of Australia' on verso of frame