Primary Artist

Henry Gilbert Jones (1804–1888)

Title

Wharf and Yarra from Batman's Hill.

Source

Early Melbourne 1841- 1845. Melbourne: Fine Art Society Gallery, 1934.

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Date made

1841 – 1841-45

Date details

1934, printed

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Brunswick (East) View on map Close map

Category

Illustrated book

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

6.4 x 15.2 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove paper

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

78551

Accession number

84.1300.2

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 3, 1984/85 (1984-09-11)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Derek McDonnell Rare Books, Sydney, September 1984; From the catalogue, 'List three: Australian and the Pacific', Sydney: Derek McDonnell Rare Books, April 1984, cat. no., 54.

Credit line

Purchased 1984

Subject category

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Jones, Henry Gilbert. | (1804–1888) Australian | English | Male | artist

The Fine Art Society [Melbourne]. | Australian | Organisation | publisher

Simmons Press. | Australian | Organisation | printer

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013