Aboriginal family
Primary Artist
John Mather (1848–1916)
Title
Date made
1905 – (1905)
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one plate
Matrix size
10.2 x 15.1 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
11.4 x 16.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'J Mather [partial, due to paper loss]'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
41972
Accession number
86.578
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, February 1986.
Credit line
Purchased 1986
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Mather, John. | (1848–1916) Australian | Scottish | Male | artist
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013