Primary Artist

Eugene Von Guérard (1811–1901)

Title

North east view from the top of Mount Kosciuszko, New South Wales.

Other titles

North east view from the top of Mount Kosciusko [sic], New South Wales

Source

From Eugene von Guerard's Australian landscapes. Melbourne: Hamel and Ferguson, 1866-68

Page or Plate number

plate 4

Date made

1866 – (1866 - 68)

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

Category

Illustrated book

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in colour

Matrix size

31.2 x 49.4 cm (printed image)

State

editioned state

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject description

Landscape of the north-east view from the northern top of Mount Kosciusko (now Kosciuszko), N.S.W. In the near foreground is the artist with two guides, Twynham and Weston. To their left is the German geophysicist Georg von Neumayer and his assistant Edward Brinkmann.

Collection

Art Gallery of New South Wales

IRN

Not Known

Accession number

50

Accession method

purchase

Provenance

Purchased September 1958, by the Director Mr. Hal Missingham, from the exhibition Maps and early Australian prints from the collection of Arthur H. Chard, held at Beard Watson's Art Gallery. Sydney (cat.no.51).

Subject category

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book

Country of context

Australia

Creators

von Guérard, Eugene | (1811–1901) Australian | Austrian | Male | artist

Last Updated

14 Sep 2012