Trade card: W. Moffitt. Bookseller and stationer.
Primary Artist
William Moffitt (1802–1873)
Title
Trade card: W. Moffitt. Bookseller and stationer.
Date made
1834 – c.1836
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
14.8 x 10.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin cream wove paper
Support size
20.8 x 12.8 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right in black pencil, '32'. Inscribed verso upper right in black pencil, 'M56'. Inscribed verso lower left in black pencil, 'c.1836'.
Subject description
Business card for bookseller and stationer. Design features classical monument decorated with columns, banner, candles, centurians, Grecian urns, framed painting, palette and mandolin.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
10335
Accession number
96.1055
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 3, 1996/97 (1996-12-09)
Provenance
Purchased from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 9 December 1996.
Credit line
Purchased 1996
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Moffitt, William. | (1802–1873) Australian | English | Male | artist
Moffitt, William. | (1802–1873) Australian | English | Male | engraver