Ease without opulence

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Title

Ease without opulence

Source

[Melbourne 'high' and 'low' lifes]

Date made

1866

Place made

Australasia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone [or plate]; hand-coloured

Support

paper

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Production notes

A series of Melbourne caricatures was initiated but appears to have remained unfinished.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions.

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

Blindstamp lower right below image, 'S.T. GILL / MELBOURNE [encircled, with buckle motif]'.

IRN

191717

Accession number

2011.147

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 2, 2011/2012 (2011-10-25)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Peter Arnold Antiquarian Booksellers, Melbourne, 2011

Credit line

Purchased 2011

Subject categories

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Victoria | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Caricature