Primary Artist

Christopher Coveny (1846–1941)

Title

The Chuzzlewit family at the Blue Dragon.

Source

In Twenty scenes from the works of Dickens. Sydney: Thomas H. Fielding 1883.

Page or Plate number

plate 12.

Date made

1882

Place made

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

Category

Illustrated book

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one plate

Support

paper

State

published state

Impression

undesignated as issued

Edition information

edition of 219; 200 standard copies, 2 on thick paper, 5 on vellum, 12 on India paper

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

39099

Accession number

76.722.22.14

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 4, 1976/77 (1976-10-12)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Thirty Victoria Street [gallery], Sydney, 12 October 1976, part of a group of 65 prints by various artists.

Credit line

Purchased 1976

Subject category

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Dickens, Charles. | (1812–1870) English | Male | author

Coveny, Christopher. | (1846–1941) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013