City of Hobarton from Knocklofty.

Primary Artist

Robin Vaughan Hood (1802–1888)

Title

City of Hobarton from Knocklofty.

Reference

Clifford Craig. 'More old Tasmanian prints'. Launceston: Foot & Playstead, 1984.

Work number

Craig (1961), p.74.11

Date made

1848

Place made

Nipaluna / Hobart, Tasmania, Australia View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone

Support

paper

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print-run unknown

Production notes

The text, 'R V Hood Litho.' does not appear on all impressions

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

217376

Accession number

2012.81

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 4, 2011/2012 (2012-05-01)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, May 2012; From the exhibition, 'From a scrap of paper: Drawing, watercolour, paint, print, photography', Melbourne: Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, 15 November - 16 December 2011.

Credit line

Purchased 2012

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Strange, Frederick. | (1807–1873) Australian | English | Male | print after

Hood, Robin Vaughan. | (1802–1888) Australian | English | Male | publisher

Hood, Robin Vaughan. | (1802–1888) Australian | English | Male | lithographer

Last Updated

26 May 2026