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W.H. Raworth (Brit./Aust./NZ, c1821-1904).

St Michael’s Arch, NSW [Avalon]

c1860s. Watercolour, signed lower left, obscured title in colour pencil verso, 34.2 x 56.5cm. Tear to left portion of image, slight scuffs and foxing to upper portion.

The top of the arch collapsed during a “tremendous gale that lashed the coast for days” in 1867. The remainder deteriorated in 1959. Ref: Daily Telegraph, 10 April 2014.

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Item #CL181-53

Price (AUD): $2,900.00  other currencies