Billhead: Dickenson Brothers. Hardware Merchants and General Ironmongers, Hobart Town.
Primary Artist
Henry Devonshire (1830–)
Title
Billhead: Dickenson Brothers. Hardware Merchants and General Ironmongers, Hobart Town.
Reference
Craig (1964), p.107
Date made
1838 – c.1840
Place made
Europe, England, West Midlands, Birmingham View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
line-engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; pen and ink inscriptions
Matrix size
10.5 x 19.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
25.0 x 20.2 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject description
Stationery design featuring street activity outside the Dickenson Brothers Hardware and Ironmongery stores, Hobart Town, Van Diemens Land [Tasmania].
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
37461
Accession number
75.228.1
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Interim Council, Meeting 15 (1975-10-14)
Provenance
Dr. Clifford Craig, Launceston, Tasmania. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Van Diemen's Land and Tasmania: The Dr. Clifford Craig Collection, Sydney: Christie, Manson & Woods [auction], 13-15 October 1975, lot 502 (part)
Credit line
Purchased 1975
Subject category
Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Devonshire, Henry. | (1830–) English | Male | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013