Hand coloured print ‘Great Bourke Street, Melbourne’, after W. Ralstan, 1872
$75.00 AUD
Hand-coloured engraving, titled ‘Great Bourke Street, Melbourne’,
showing a busy footpath & road with a wide variety of local characters passing by, a wall in the background with various posters including ‘Bushranging Power’ and ‘Snakebite Antidote’.
Signed ‘W. Ralstan’ lower right,
from ‘The Graphic’, 1872
30×25.5cm
Excellent Condition, Unframed
William Ralston (1848-1911) was born in the UK, travelled to Australia as a young man where he sketched scenes such as this, which were later published in his return to England. His main career was in Glasgow as a photographer.
”The Graphic” was, as the name suggests, a British publication that focussed on plenty of illustrations to inform the reader. It was founded in 1869.
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