Melbourne from the Yarra

Title: b'Melbourne from the Yarra' | Date: 1886 | Technique: b'woodengraving, printed in black ink, from one block'
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Title

Melbourne from the Yarra

Source

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

Page or Plate number

facing p.215

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

17.8 x 28.0 cm (printed image)

Support

thick off-white paper

Support size

33.4 x 42.8 cm (sheet)

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed printed lower left within image in black ink 'Fred. B. Schell.' Signed printed lower right within image in relief 'J.H Sc'. Not dated. Titled printed lower centre below printed image in black ink 'MELBOURNE FROM THE YARRA'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

160641

Accession number

84.135.1.7

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

UNIDENTIFIED AUSTRALIAN WOOD-ENGRAVER, | | engraver

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

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013