A Guide Book to Messrs Grieve & Telbin's Diorama, The Ocean Mail to India and Australia, comprehending brief descriptions of all the places seen or touched at on the voyage, and represented in the diorama.

Published by London: Published by the Proprietors [at the] Gallery of Illustration, 14 Regent Street, 1853

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First and sole edition of this highly uncommon and attractive guide to Grieve and Telbin's "prestigious moving diorama" (Colligan, p. 39), The Ocean Mail to India and Australia, exhibited that year at the Gallery of Illustration, which includes eight Australian scenes, including Sydney harbour, Port Jackson, the Heads at Port Phillip, the Blue Mountains, and the Turon and Alexander goldfields. The artists behind this spectacular panoramic entertainment were Thomas Grieve and William Telbin, both of whom came from families of distinguished scene painters. The accompanying lecture was delivered by J. H. Stocqueler, who wrote and lectured largely on Indian affairs, his co-author being Samuel Mossman, author of the popular guide The Gold Regions of Australia (1852). The dedicatee is the marine artist Sir Oswald Brierly, upon whose original drawings and sketches a number of the views are based; Brierly also served as resident magistrate at Twofold Bay, Auckland. The views of the gold regions were supplied by the mineralogist John Calvert, described here as "the celebrated Australian Geologist", and a Mr Ganthony. An online search turns up just five locations: National Library of Australia, State Library of NSW, State Library of Victoria, South African Library of Parliament, another listed on the NUKAT union catalogue of Polish libraries. Ferguson 16285. Mimi Colligan, Canvas Documents: Panoramic Entertainments in Nineteenth-Century Australia and New Zealand, 2002. Landscape octavo, pp. 66. With 29 full page line-engraved views. Original printed wrappers, stitched as issued. Wrappers a little dusty and spotted, a few nicks and chips, light stain affecting the top right hand corner throughout, otherwise very good.

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Title
A Guide Book to Messrs Grieve & Telbin's Diorama, The Ocean Mail to India and Australia, comprehending brief descriptions of all the places seen or touched at on the voyage, and represented in the diorama.
Author
STOCQUELER, Joachim Hayward, & Samuel Mossman.
Publisher
London: Published by the Proprietors [at the] Gallery of Illustration, 14 Regent Street, 1853

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