Pleasure grounds, Sydney

Title: b'Pleasure grounds, Sydney' | Date: 1886 | Technique: b'woodengraving, printed in black ink, from one block'
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Title

Pleasure grounds, Sydney

Source

The picturesque atlas of Australasia, edited by Andrew Garran. Sydney: Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company, 1886 (Vol.1)

Page or Plate number

facing p.91

Date made

1886

Place made

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

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Category

Illustrated book

Print type

relief

Technique

woodengraving, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

26.5 x 17.8 cm (printed image (overall))

Support

thick off-white paper

Support size

42.8 x 33.4 cm (sheet)

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

A Not signed. Not dated. Titled printed lower left and lower right within image in black ink 'AN AVENUE IN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS...NORFOLK ISLAND PINE / BOTANICAL GARDENS'. B Signed printed lower left within image in black ink 'W. C. Fitler'. Not dated. Printed title lower centre within image in black ink 'ENTANCE TO BOTANICAL GARDENS'

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

160637

Accession number

84.135.1.10

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1983/84 (1984-02-14)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Peter Arnold Antiquarian Booksellers, Melbourne, 1984.

Credit line

Purchased 1984

Subject category

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book

Creators

Petit, F. | | engraver

SMEDLEY, William Thomas | (1858–1920) American | Male | print after

FITLER, W.C. | (1857–1915) American | Male | print after

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013