Title

Title page: Picturesque atlas of Australasia.

Source

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

Page or Plate number

title page

Date made

1886

Place made

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

Category

Illustrated book

Print type

relief

Technique

wood-engravings, printed in black ink, each from one block

Matrix size

35.5 x 25.4 cm (printed image)

Support

thick off-white paper

Support size

42.8 x 33.4 cm (sheet)

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed printed lower left within image 'Fred. B. Schell'. Signed printed lower right within image 'F.H. WELLINGTON'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

160633

Accession number

84.135.1V.2

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

Schell, Frederick B. | (1838–1900) American | Male | print after

Wellington, F.H. | (1888–) Male | engraver