Primary Artist

Edmund Thomas (1827–1867)

Title

Australian Album. Sydney: J.R. Clarke, 1857.

Physical description

Quarto, tinted lithographs title and nine tinted lithographs by Edmund Thomas.

Source

Australian Album 1857. Sydney: J.R. Clarke Music Publisher, 1857.

Page or Plate number

collection record

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 6318

Date made

1857

Place made

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

Category

Illustrated book

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithographs, printed in various colours

Matrix size

35.2 x 26.2 cm (book (closed))

Support

off-white wove paper; gilt-edged

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Production notes

The volume consists of 8 music scores, each with a illustrated cover by Edmund Thomas. All were previously published individually. This is the comilation for 1857. Compilations for other years were also published.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

150492

Accession number

2006.777.1-11

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

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

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Hordern House, Sydney, 2006.

Credit line

Purchased 2006

Subject categories

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book | Australia, Printed ephemera: Illustrated sheet-music cover

Creators

J.R. Clarke. | Australian | Organisation | publisher

Thomas, Edmund. | (1827–1867) Australian | English | Male | artist

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013