Prospecting for gold.

Title

Prospecting for gold.

Source

Sketches of Australian life and scenery, complete in 12 plates. London: Paul Jerrard & Son for Messrs. Newbold & Co., c.1865

Page or Plate number

no.12

Reference

Ferguson (1969), 15738b

Date made

1863 – c.1865

Place made

Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone; hand-coloured

Matrix size

20.0 x 28.6 cm (printed image)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

22.4 x 31.2 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

edition unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed lower right in black pencil, '12 Prospecting for Gold'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

90013

Accession number

76.1557

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 2, 1976/77 (1976-08-10)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Thirty Victoria Street, Sydney, 10 August 1976.

Credit line

Purchased 1976

Subject category

Australia, Gold rush to industry, 1851-1901

Country of context

Australia

Notes

No.12

Creators

GILL, S.T. | (1818–1880) Australian | English | Male | print after

Paul Jerrard & Son. | (1858–) Organisation | publisher

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013