Portrait of Louis Buvelot.

Primary Artist

Tom Roberts (1856–1931)

Title

Portrait of Louis Buvelot.

Date made

1888

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate

Matrix size

30.2 x 25.0 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

37.8 x 28.2 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed lower left in black pencil, 'Cleaned Paul / had not enough time?'. Inscribed lower centre in black pencil, '21 1/4 x 18 4/12'. Inscribed lower right in black pencil, '1/2 Flat M.T (illeg) Fine Art'. Inscribed upper centre in black pencil, '4'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

156852

Accession number

91.1086

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 4, 1991/92 (1991-12-11)

Provenance

Estate of Tom Roberts. Park Galleries, Melbourne (who handled the estate). Purchased by Allan McCulloch, c1937 Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Tim Goodman, 1991.

Credit line

Purchased 1991

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Country of context

Australia

Notes

The copper plate is in the collection the NGV. Topliss records 6 copies. The NGA impression formerly in the possession of Alan McCulloch is not recorded by Topliss. McCulloch' purchased by me from Roberts' estate at Park Galleries c1937' see letter to Mary Eagle from McCulloch's daughter Susan McCulloch 22 August 1991.

Creators

Roberts, Tom. | (1856–1931) Australian | English | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013