Primary Artist

B.E. Minns (1864–1937)

Title

not titled [Gathering flowers, with Sydney Harbour in the background]

Date made

1893

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate

Matrix size

10.8 x 15.4 cm (printed image)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

24.0 x 28.8 cm (sheet)

Edition information

edition unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower left in plate, 'BE M INNS/93'. Inscribed lower edge within plate mark in black pencil, 'To C L Smith Esq with Complt. of B E Minns'. Inscribed verso upper right - lower right vertically in black pencil, 'To. C L Smith / Argyle / Sapphire / N.S.W./ from / B E Minns / B.E.M.'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso centre diagonal, in black pencil, 'C.L.Smith / Sapphire / Moree [?illeg]'. Inscribed verso lower edge in black pencil, '090 1/4 mt 27 c Saturday Sure 12x12/ 5/3'. (27 encircled).

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

8577

Accession number

96.935

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 2, 1996/97 (1996-10-29)

Provenance

Gift to C.L. Smith, Argyle, Sapphire, N.S.W., from the artist. Unknown collection. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from The Borough Galleries, Bendigo, Victoria, 1996

Credit line

Purchased 1996

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Minns, B.E. | (1864–1937) Australian | Male | artist