Title

Magnetic observatory Flagstaff Hill, Melbourne, plan and section of the horary house.

Source

Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria, from Januray to December, 1858, inclusive Vol.3. Melbourne: Mason & Firth, 1858.

Page or Plate number

facing p.96 p.2

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Date made

1859 – 1858-1859

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

Category

Illustrated book

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone

Support

white wove paper

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed printed lower left below image in black ink 'T.E. Rawlinson Del.t'. Signed printed lower right below image in black ink 'A.J. Stopps Lith'. Not dated. Titled printed upper centre within image in black ink 'MAGNETIC - OBSERVATORY - FLAGSTAFF - HILL / MELBOURNE' lower centre within image in black ink 'PLAN & SECTION OF THE HORARY HOUSE.'

IRN

151937

Accession number

2011.1466.5

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

Subject category

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book