The Chinese cook shop.
Primary Artist
Tom Roberts (1856–1931)
Title
Other titles
A Chinese cook shop
The opium den
Date made
1887
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in dark brown ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate
Matrix size
20.4 x 15.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
ivory wove paper
Support size
32.1 x 20.5 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Inscribed lower left to right below image, 'Head of the Artist Buvelot / etched by Tom Roberts'.
Collection
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Accession number
9397
Accession method
Purchased
Provenance
Dr. Springthorpe
Credit line
Purchased 1978.
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Roberts, Tom. | (1856–1931) Australian | English | Male | artist