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

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Category

Print

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013