Gold washing at Summerhill Creek.
Primary Artist
George French Angas (1822–1886)
Title
Gold washing at Summerhill Creek.
Other titles
Gold washing, Summer Hill.
Source
Angas, George French. Six Views of the gold Fields of Ophir, at Summerhill and Lewis' Pond Creeks. Sydney: Woolcott & Clarke, 1851
Page or Plate number
no.1.
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 5996
Date made
1851
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in colour, from two stones
Matrix size
24.6 x 34.4 cm (printed image)
Support
paper
Support size
31.4 x 39.8 cm (sheet)
State
Published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
no inscriptions
Subject description
Prospectors panning for gold at Summerhill Creek, Ophir, New South Wales, near the site of the first gold discoveries in Australia in 1851.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
145163
Accession number
2005.516.1
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 1, 2005/2006 (2005-08-31)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia from, The library of Sir Rupert Clarke, Bt. together with other properties, Melbourne: Peter Arnold [auction], 21-22 June 2005, lot 5.
Credit line
Purchased 2005
Subject categories
Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales | Australia, Gold rush to industry, 1851-1901
Creators
Woolcott & Clarke. | (1851–1854) Australian | Organisation | publisher
Angas, George French. | (1822–1886) Aotearoa New Zealander | Australian | English | Male | artist
Last Updated
07 Jan 2013