The Chinese cook shop.
Primary Artist
Tom Roberts (1856–1931)
Title
Other titles
A Chinese cook shop
The opium den
Date made
1887
Place made
Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
20.4 x 15.2 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
25.6 x 20.2 cm (sheet)
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
39084
Accession number
76.722.21
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, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Roberts, Tom. | (1856–1931) Australian | English | Male | artist
Last Updated
09 Jan 2013