Ease without opulence
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Title
Source
[Melbourne 'high' and 'low' lifes]
Date made
1866
Place made
Australasia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone [or plate]; hand-coloured
Support
paper
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Production notes
A series of Melbourne caricatures was initiated but appears to have remained unfinished.
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
No inscriptions.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Blindstamp lower right below image, 'S.T. GILL / MELBOURNE [encircled, with buckle motif]'.
IRN
191717
Accession number
2011.147
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 2, 2011/2012 (2011-10-25)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Peter Arnold Antiquarian Booksellers, Melbourne, 2011
Credit line
Purchased 2011
Subject categories
Australia, Art period: Colonial, Victoria | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Caricature
Last Updated
07 Jan 2013