Obituary (Sir George Gipps)

Primary Artist

William Nicholas (1807–1854)

Title

Obituary (Sir George Gipps)

Source

Baker, William. Heads of the people. Sydney: Baker, 1847-48.

Page or Plate number

no.16, 31 July 1847

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 4533

Date made

1847

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

pen-lithograph, printed in black ink, from one zinc plate

Matrix size

15.4 x 13.2 cm (printed image)

Support

thin cream soft wove paper

Support size

27.4 x 22.2 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression, as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject description

Profile portrait of Sir George Gipps, Governor of New South Wales (1836-1846).

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

69461

Accession number

87.1647

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 4, 1987/88 (1987-10-01)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, October 1987.

Credit line

Purchased 1987

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Sir George Gipps (1791-1847) ADB

Creators

Baker, William. | (1806–1857) Australian | Irish | Male | printer

Nicholas, William. | (1807–1854) Australian | English | Male | artist