Giant Gippsland gum

Artist: Ashton, Julian. | Title: Giant Gippsland gum | Date: 1886 | Technique: woodengraving, printed in black ink, from one block
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Primary Artist

Julian Ashton (1851–1942)

Title

Giant Gippsland gum

Source

The picturesque atlas of Australasia, edited by Andrew Garran. Sydney: Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company, 1886 (Vol. 2)

Page or Plate number

p.301

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

25.0 x 12.5 cm (printed image (irregular))

Support

thick off-white paper

Support size

48.2 x 33.4 cm (sheet)

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed printed lower left within image in black ink 'J. R. ASHTON'. Not dated. Titled printed lower centre below printed image in black ink 'A GIANT GIPPSLAND GUM'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

160643

Accession number

84.135.1.9

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

Ashton, Julian. | (1851–1942) English | Male | print after