Canvass Town (St Kilda Road)
Primary Artist
Edmund Thomas (1827–1867)
Title
Date made
1853
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
pen-lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone
Matrix size
10.5 x 20.5 cm (printed image)
Support
thin buff wove paper
Support size
15.6 x 24.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state?
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Printed initials lower right within image, 'E.T.'. Not dated. Printed title lower right 'CANVASS TOWN'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Inscribed in contemporary hand lower left below image in black pencil, 'present Barracks site off St Kilda Rd'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
171871
Accession number
2008.764
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 1, 2008/2009 (2008-08-26)
Provenance
Sydney deceased estate auction, Davidsons Auctions, Sydney, 2007. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, August 2008
Credit line
Purchased 2008
Creators
Thomas, Edmund. | (1827–1867) Australian | English | Male | artist