High fern trees, Alsophila Australis from 40 to 50 ft high. Dandenong Ranges 20 miles Et from Melbourne.
Title
Source
Australian Terra Cognita: Vegetation of Victoria
Page or Plate number
plate 41
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 7129
Date made
1855 – 1855-59
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, engraving, aquatint, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
16.8 x 21.8 cm (image)
Support
chine colle on wove paper
Support size
36.0 x 27.0 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed in image lower rightedge and lower centre edge diagonal, 'J Redaway'. Signed in plate lower left'W: v: Blandowski Australia.'. Signed in plate lower right 'Effect & Engraving by J Redaway & Sons.'. Not dated. Inscribed in plate lower centre 'High Fern Trees/ Alsophila Australis/ from 40 to 50ft (t underlined) high./ Dandenong Ranges 20 miles Et. from Melbourne'. Inscribed in plate u.c., 'Vegetation of Victoria.'. Inscribed in plate u.r.c., 'Plate 41.'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
4077
Accession number
96.531
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1995/96 (1996-06-26)
Provenance
Mrs Cape. By descent to, Major General T.F. Cape. Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Major General T.F. Cape, Canberra, February 1995.
Credit line
Gift of Major General T.F. Cape, in loving memory of his wife Elizabeth Rabett 1996
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Vegetation of Victoria, plate 41.
Creators
James Redaway [and Sons]. | British | Organisation | engraver
Blandowski, William. | (1822–1876) Australian | Male | print after
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013