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
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne 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