Six views of the Gold Field of Ophir, at Summerhill and Lewis's Ponds Creeks; drawn from nature and on stone, by George French Angas.
Primary Artist
George French Angas (1822–1886)
Title
Physical description
a boook of six lithographs
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
collection record
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 5996
Date made
1851
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print types
planographic | relief
Technique
letterpress; lithographs, printed in colour, each from multiple stones
Matrix size
32.0 x 41.0 cm (book (closed))
Support
paper
State
Published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
144525
Accession number
2005.516.1-6
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
04 Jan 2013