Primary Artist

Alfred Morris & Co. (1859–)

Title

Flinders Street from the Melbourne railway station.

Source

The Melbourne Album. Melbourne: Charles Troedel, 1863-64

Page or Plate number

Plate 15

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Date made

1863 – 1863-64

Place made

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

Category

Album

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in colour, from two stones

Matrix size

26.4 x 36.0 cm (printed image)

Support

white wove paper

Support size

40.9 x 49.4 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Titled printed, lower centre below image, in black ink, 'FLINDERS STREET./ FROM THE MELBOURNE RAILWAY STATION.'. Signed printed, lower left below image, in black ink, 'A. Morris & Co. photo.'. Signed printed, lower right below image, in black ink, Ed. Gilks, lith'. Inscribed printed, lower centre below image, in black ink, 'Published by Charles Troedel, Melbourne Album Office, 73 Collins St. East.'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

160621

Accession number

2003.241.15

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 1, 2003/2004 (2003-08-15)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Hordern House, Sydney, August 2003; From the catalogue, 'Rare books, Manuscripts, Paintings, Prints, Sydney: Hordern House, 2003, cat., no.104.

Credit line

Purchased 2003

Subject categories

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Victoria | Architecture

Creators

Gilkes, Edward. | (1822–1897) English | Male | lithographer

Alfred Morris & Co. | (1859–) Australian | Organisation | print after

TROEDEL, Charles | (1835–1906) German | Male | publisher

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013