Carving and Turning in Ivory and Wood, by Captain G. F. Wilkinson, Perth, W. A. … Nov. 1881.

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Perth, WA : [G. F. Wilkinson], 1881. Broadsheet, 255 x 125 mm, lithograph-printed in black on white paper; mounted on a section of a nineteenth-century album leaf, with some ghosting from the original glue, otherwise good. A rare broadsheet apparently issued to accompany Captain Wilkinson s ivory and wood carving exhibit at the Perth International Exhibition in November 1881. Captain Wilkinson s fine carving work in ivory and wood had previously been awarded a bronze medal at the Paris Exhibition in 1876. Several pieces described on the present broadsheet had also formed part of the Colony of Western Australia s exhibit at the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1880-81, where Wilkinson would be awarded a Fourth Order of Merit. In an article previewing the exhibition that appeared in The Herald (Fremantle), 21 August 1880, Wilkinson s work received high praise: Among other exhibits from this colony for the Melbourne Exhibition is a small but beautiful collection of carving and turning in ivory, the work of Captain Wilkinson of Perth. The collection consists of a toilet powder puffbox, a card case, a cover for a prayer book, and two carte de visite frames. The work in each of the articles is exquisitely delicate and beautiful, and the design and finish faultless and equal to the best work of the kind we have ever seen. The collection bears creditable evidence to the consummate skill and patience of the gentleman who exhibits them. In addition to the above, Captain Wilkinson

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