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
Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 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
Last Updated
14 Sep 2012