Parker's cottage, Moonta Mines
Primary Artist
Allan Glover (1900–1984)
Title
Parker's cottage, Moonta Mines
Date made
1929
Place made
Australia, Australia, South Australia, Adelaide View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Support
thin cream laid J.F. Head paper
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturers mark
State
published state
Impression
7/40
Edition information
edition of 40
Matrix status
Plate extant: NGA 92.679, Gift of Doreen Glover, 1992.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Allan C. Glover'. Not dated. Titled lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Parker's Cottage, Moonta Mines'. .nscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'No 7/40'.
Subject description
An old hand-pump for raising water under the shelter of narled trees. Parker's cottage with deep veranda is behind the trees, and a copper mine can be seen in the distance. Moonta is on the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
42936
Accession number
86.707
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)
Provenance
By descent to Doreen Glover, the artist's widow. Gift to the Australian National Gallery, from Doreen Glover, Adelaide, 1987.
Credit line
Gift of Doreen Glover 1986
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Glover, Allan. | (1900–1984) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013