General Post Office, Bourke st Melbourne

Primary Artist

S.T. Gill (1818–1880)

Title

General Post Office, Bourke st Melbourne

Source

Sketches in Victoria. Melbourne: James J. Blundell & Co, 1855-56

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 9920

Date made

1854

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, 44 Collins st (west) View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone

Matrix size

9.2 x 19.4 cm (printed image (irregular))

Support

thin blue wove paper subsequently laid on heavy cream paper

Support size

11.4 x 21.0 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed top right above image in black pencil, '14'. Inscribed verso in black pencil, 'AWJ Fuller / 19 July 1931'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

145266

Accession number

2005.512.11

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 1, 2005/2006 (2005-08-31)

Provenance

A.W.J. Fuller, 1931. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia from, The library of Sir Rupert Clarke, Bt. together with other properties, Melbourne: Peter Arnold [auction], 21-22 June 2005, lot 147.

Credit line

Purchased 2005

Creators

James J. Blundell & Co. | (1852–) Australian | Organisation | publisher

GILL, S.T. | (1818–1880) Australian | English | Male | artist

Campbell & Fergusson. | (1854–) Australian | Organisation | printer

Last Updated

06 Jan 2013