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

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Category

Print

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