The Wellington Falls, Hobart Town.

Primary Artist

John Skinner Prout (1805–1876)

Title

The Wellington Falls, Hobart Town.

Date made

6 May 1845 (press notice)

Place made

Nipaluna / Hobart, Tasmania, Australia View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in colour inks, from two stones (black image, buff tint and text); additional hand-colouring by the artist

Matrix size

38.2 x 26.9 cm (printed image)

Support

off white paper

Support size

50.8 x 37.8 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print-run unknown

Production notes

This lithograph was published both coloured and uncoloured - 'Coloured copies 7s; plain ditto 4s.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

153422

Accession number

2006.775

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 1, 2006/2007 (2006-08-30)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Scheding Berry Fine Art, Sydney, August 2006.

Credit line

Purchased 2006

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Bluett, Thomas. | (1819–1846) English | Male | printer

Prout, John Skinner | (1805–1876) Australian | English | Male | artist

Last Updated

21 May 2026