Technique

etching, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate

Support

thin smooth cream wove paper

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

1st state; unpublished

Impression

undesignated impression

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower centre to lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'John Shirlow'.

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

Inscribed lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, '(30)'. Inscribed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, '1896'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso centre in black pencil, 'LOT / 47 / Victor Cobb'.

IRN

212840

Accession number

2011.906

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 6, 2010/2011 (2011-06-22)

Provenance

Purchased by Roger Butler, from the estate sale of Victor Cobb, Blackburn & Lockwood, Melbourne, 13 May 1977, lot 272 (part) Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Roger Butler, Canberra, 2011.

Credit line

Gift of Roger Butler AM, 2011.

Last Updated

12 Jul 2025