Title

The Barracks.

Source

Atkinson, Charles. Views through Hobart-Town. Hobart: James Wood. 1833.

Page or Plate number

plate 7.

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 1619a [1st part only]

Date made

1833

Place made

Australia, Australia, Tasmania, Hobart View on map Close map

Category

Illustrated book

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone

Matrix size

14.0 x 23.9 cm (printed image)

Support

thick off-white textured wove paper

Support size

21.2 x 33.8 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject description

Street scene in Hobart, Tasmania with pedestrians, a man on a horse, and a horse drawn cart. On the right Waterloo Inn with its sistictive sign and on the hill in the background Anglesea Barracks.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

152719

Accession number

2006.327.8

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 5, 2005/2006 (2006-04-27)

Provenance

Rev. L. Loraine Smith (artist's presentation inscription on paper titling cover) Unknown collection. Hordern House, Sydney, 1988. Rodney Davidson, Melbourne 1988-2006 Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from The Davidson collection, Second sale, Melbourne: Australian Book Auctions, 27 February 2006, lot 303

Credit line

Purchased 2006

Subject categories

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book | Architecture | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania

Creators

Atkinson, Charles. | (1806–1837) Australian | English | Male | printer

Wood, James. | (1802–1854) Australian | English | Male | publisher

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013