On the road to Sydney c.1850.

Primary Artist

Ethleen Palmer (1906–1958)

Title

On the road to Sydney c.1850.

Date made

1937

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in colour, from multiple blocks

Matrix size

20.0 x 36.2 cm (printed image)

Support

paper

Support size

23.7 x 39.2 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

4/35

Edition information

edition of 35

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'Ethleen Palmer'. Dated lower left below printed image in black pencil, '1937'. Titled lower centre below printed image in black pencil, 'On the road to Sydney c.1850'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '4/35 Linocut'.

Subject description

Bushranger on horse with pistol in hand holding up a stagecoach

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

75763

Accession number

80.225

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 2, 1980/81 (1980-09-09)

Provenance

With the artist until her death in 1958. The Estate of the artist. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from the Ward Gallery, Sydney, September 1980; From the exhibition, 'Ethleen Palmer: Printmaker of the 1930s', Sydney: Thje Ward Gallery, 29 April - 24 May 1980, cat. no., 30.

Credit line

Purchased 1980

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Palmer, Ethleen. | (1906–1958) Australian | South African | Female | artist

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013