Australian churches, St Peter's, Cook River, NSW.

Title

Australian churches, St Peter's, Cook River, NSW.

Source

Baker, William. Heads of the people. Sydney: Baker, 1847-48.

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 4533

Date made

1847 – 1847-48

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

19.0 x 23.4 cm (printed image)

Support

thin cream wove paper (newsprint)

Support size

22.2 x 27.4 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression, as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

69386

Accession number

87.163

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 4, 1987/88 (1987-10-01)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, October 1987.

Credit line

Purchased 1987

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Distinctive lettering of 'Australian Churches' suggests that this was part of a larger series. It is also one of the few engravings published in 'Heads of the people' - majority are lithographs

Creators

Baker, William. | (1806–1857) Australian | Irish | Male | engraver

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013