Primary Artist

Livingston Hopkins (1846–1927)

Title

An Australian lagoon [Fishermen on the Hawkesbury River].

Date made

1888

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink, from one plate

Matrix size

26.3 x 39.2 cm (plate-mark)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

33.6 x 45.8 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

presentation proof

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'To Mr Walker / with comp.s of L Hopkins'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

59281

Accession number

86.223

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 4, 1986/87 (1986-11-11)

Provenance

Gift to Mr Walker, from the artist. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1986.

Credit line

Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1986

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Hopkins, Livingston. | (1846–1927) American | Australian | Male | artist