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Bush Fire Alarm
The Melbourne, Australia, printing and engraving
company Osboldstone and Atkinson, later
Osboldstone & Co were amongst the first Australian
printers and publishers to produce coloured post
cards of Australian artists work. In 1903 they began
a long running series of coloured post card
reproductions of J.A Turner's work. 46 of his rural
and bush-life works were issued in the thousands
until 1907. The cards were first issued in sets of 6,
then in sets of 12 with many variations including gilt
edged, advertising logo's and greeting messages.
Minor title changes were made between sets -
example “A Bush Fire Alarm and “Bush Fire Alarm”,
pictured.
Some, or all (information needed) of this earlier
series were later reproduced on a deluxe series of
folded greeting cards c1920. Paintings from the
Post Card series found their way into prints for
commercial use in the 1920s and perhaps up to the
late 1940’s. Precisely what works were printed and
how many copies, is currently unknown. Shirley
Jones has collected a set of Dinner Mats, 5 round
cardboard medium size, in a cardboard stand,
which has a J.A. Turner colour print on the front of
stand. The print is "Evening Drink" from the
postcard series. Design of the table mats appears
to be c1940s. Also a Set? of six (or more) small
coloured folding pocket calendars for 1927 (images
also from postcard set). Shirley has also seen
several J.A.T. coloured prints, medium. size most
likely intended for adding to medium size wall
calendars.
Few colonial painter's had their work published in
such volume and Turner postcards are actively
sought and traded by collectors today.
We would like to make contact with collectors with a view to
expanding this section or getting better quality reproductions.
Breaking Camp
A Dangerous Visitor
Evening Drink
Used on Post Cards
and Table Mats
A Bush Fire Alarm
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