Robbing a bee tree

Primary Artist

John Mather (1848–1916)

Title

Robbing a bee tree

Date made

1887

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

wood-engraving, printed in colour, from multiple blocks

Matrix size

43.4 x 30.6 cm (printed image)

Support

thin cream paper

Support size

55.4 x 40.9 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

edition unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

no inscriptions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

42386

Accession number

86.651

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Spencer Scott Sandilands, Melbourne, February 1986.

Credit line

Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1986

Subject category

Australia, Printed ephemera: Newspaper supplement

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Sleap, F.A. | (1878–) Australian | Male | engraver

Mather, John. | (1848–1916) Australian | Scottish | Male | print after

Troedel & Co. | (1863–1910) Australian | Organisation | printer

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013