The Catalpa, the rescuers and the rescued
Title
The Catalpa, the rescuers and the rescued
Date made
1876
Place made
North & Central America, United States of America, California View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
photo-lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone; hand-coloured
Support
smooth off-white paper
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject description
Picture of the whaling ship Catalpa' that sailed to Fremantle, Western Australia to release six Fenian prisinors. Around the image of the boat are oval pictures depicting the members of the expedition and some of the Irish prisoners rescued.
IRN
204643
Accession number
2010.1026
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 2, 2010/2011 (2010-10-26)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Marie Louise Wordsworth, Perth, October 2010.
Credit line
The Wordsworth Collection, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 2010
Subject categories
Australia, Art period: Colonial, Western Australia | Collection: The Wordsworth collection of Western Australian colonial art, acquired 2010.
Last Updated
09 Jan 2013