Clerk of the course (Henry Fisher)

Title: b'Clerk of the course (Henry Fisher)' | Date: 1847 | Technique: b'pen-lithograph, printed in black ink, from one plate'
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Title

Clerk of the course (Henry Fisher)

Physical description

quarto, lithographed title and frontispiece, lithographed plate of music and 41 other lithographed or engraved plates; recent unlettered half green roan

Source

Baker, William. Heads of the people. Sydney: Baker, 1847.

Page or Plate number

facing p.183

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 4533

Date made

1847

Place made

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

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Category

Illustrated book

Print type

planographic

Technique

pen-lithograph, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

17.8 x 22.4 cm (printed image (irregular))

Support

cream wove paper

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression, as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject description

Portrait of Henry Fisher, Clerk of the Course in top-hat and whip in hand, mounted on his horse,

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

163366

Accession number

2006.925.40

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 2, 2006/2007 (2006-10-24)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Peter Arnold Antiquarian Booksellers, Melbourne, 2006.

Credit line

Purchased 2006

Subject category

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book

Creators

Baker, William. | (1806–1857) Australian | Irish | Male | printer

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013