Crater of Mount Gambier. Popiye about Long 141 Lat 38 degrees about 300m SE from Adelaide, 300m W from Melbourne.
Title
Source
Australia Terra Cognita: Geological Views in South Australia
Page or Plate number
plate 4
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 7129
Date made
1855 – 1855-59
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, aquatint and lavis, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
16.8 x 21.8 cm (image)
Support
chine colle on wove paper
Support size
36.0 x 27.0 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed in image lower left corner, and lower right edge (inverted) J Redaway'. Signed in plate lower centre, 'W.v. Blandowski Australia.'. Signed in plate lower right 'Effect & Engraving by J Redaway & Sons.'. Not dated. Inscribed in plate lower centre, 'Crater of Mt Gambier/ 'Popiye'/ about Long 141 Lot 387 degrees abt (t underlined) 300m S.E. from Adelaide, 300m W. from Melbourne.' Inscribed in plate u.c., 'Geological Views in South Australia'. Inscribed in plate u.r.c, 'Plate 4'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
4070
Accession number
96.522
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1995/96 (1996-06-26)
Provenance
Mrs Cape. By descent to, Major General T.F. Cape. Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Major General T.F. Cape, Canberra, February 1995.
Credit line
Gift of Major General T.F. Cape, in loving memory of his wife Elizabeth Rabett 1996
Subject category
Australia, Art period: Colonial, South Australia
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Geological Views in South Australia, plate 4.
Creators
Blandowski, William. | (1822–1876) Australian | Male | print after
James Redaway [and Sons]. | British | Organisation | engraver
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013