Wayfaring diggers
Primary Artist
S.T. Gill (1818–1880)
Title
Source
Part the first containing 24 sketches of the Victoria gold diggings and diggers as they are by S.T.G.
Page or Plate number
plate [22]
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),
Date made
1852
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone
Matrix size
16.3 x 11.2 cm (printed image)
Support
wove paper
Support size
21.4 x 16.2 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
No inscriptions.
Subject description
Two diggers with swags, resting under a tree, as they walk to the gold fields.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
58913
Accession number
86.2147
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 3, 1986/87 (1986-10-14)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, October 1986.
Credit line
Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1986
Subject categories
Australia, Art period: Colonial, Victoria | Australia, Gold rush to industry, 1851-1901
Country of context
Australia
Creators
GILL, S.T. | (1818–1880) Australian | English | Male | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013