The bird upon the tree

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Primary Artist

Edmund Thomas (1827–1867)

Title

The bird upon the tree

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

p.[43]

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 6318

Date made

1857

Place made

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

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Category

Illustrated book

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in colour, from two stones (black ink0 and buff tint)

Matrix size

25.8 x 22.2 cm (printed image)

Support

off-white wove paper; gilt-edged

Support size

34.4 x 25.2 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject description

The central image is the monument to the botanist and explorer Allan Cunningham (1791-1839), erected in the Botanical Gardens, Sydney.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

150498

Accession number

2006.777.6

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

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

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

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013