SKETCHES FROM AUSTRALIA - THE TICHBORNE CASE 1872 VICTORIAN ENGRAVINGS

Original Engravings titled SKETCHES FROM AUSTRALIA IN RELATION TO THE TICHBORNE CASE: THE SHOP OF CASTRO THE BUTCHER AT WAGGA WAGGA; HUT IN WHICH THE CLAIMANT IS SAID TO HAVE LIVED AT WAGGA WAGGA.

The Tichborne case was a legal cause célèbre that captivated Victorian England in the 1860s and 1870s. It concerned the claims by a man sometimes referred to as Thomas Castro or as Arthur Orton, but usually termed "the Claimant", to be the missing heir to the Tichborne baronetcy. He failed to convince the courts, was convicted of perjury and served a long prison sentence.

Shop of Castro by William Henry James Boot (1848 - 1918). An English oil and watercolour artist, illustrator and author.

From The Graphic February 24th, 1872
The Graphic was a British weekly illustrated newspaper, first published on 4 December 1869 by William Luson Thomas's company Illustrated Newspapers Limited. It continued to be published weekly under this title until 23 April 1932 and then changed title to The National Graphic between 28 April and 14 July 1932; it then ceased publication, after 3,266 issues.

Page size 15 1/2 inch x 11 1/2 inch

The engravings are in very good condition. Printed text on the reverse.