Ophir Summerhill Creek

Primary Artist

George French Angas (1822–1886)

Title

Ophir Summerhill Creek

Other titles

Summerhill Creek and part of Church Hill in the distance.

Source

Angas, George French. Six Views of the gold Fields of Ophir, at Summerhill and Lewis' Pond Creeks. Sydney: Woolcott & Clarke, 1851

Page or Plate number

no.6.

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 5996

Date made

1851

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithographs, printed in colour, from two stones

Matrix size

24.6 x 33.5 cm (printed image)

Support

paper

Support size

31.3 x 40.2 cm (sheet)

State

Published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject description

View of the gold diggers tents at, Ophir the township arising from the goldrush at Summerhill Creek, New South Wales.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

145168

Accession number

2005.516.6

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 1, 2005/2006 (2005-08-31)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia from, The library of Sir Rupert Clarke, Bt. together with other properties, Melbourne: Peter Arnold [auction], 21-22 June 2005, lot 5.

Credit line

Purchased 2005

Subject categories

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales | Australia, Gold rush to industry, 1851-1901

Creators

Woolcott & Clarke. | (1851–1854) Australian | Organisation | publisher

Angas, George French. | (1822–1886) Aotearoa New Zealander | Australian | English | Male | artist

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013