[Hobart street and bird]

Title

[Hobart street and bird]

Date made

1827

Place made

Australasia, Australia, Tasmania View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one plate

Support

paper

State

unpublished state

Impression

artist's proof

Edition information

print run unknown

Production notes

'Macquarie Street, Hobart Town' was produced for 'Hobart Town Almanack for the year 1829', printed by James Ross. See Clifford Craig. 'More old Tasmanian prints'. Launceston: Foot & Playsted, 1984, p.137.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed on frame backing-board upper left to centre in black pencil, 'ARTISTS PROOF / DRAWN BY GEORGE FRANKLAND / ENGRAVED BY THOMAS BOCK. / 1827'.

IRN

215558

Accession number

2012.45

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 3, 2011/2012 (2012-02-14)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from a private collector, Tasmania, 2012.

Credit line

Purchased 2012

Subject categories

Architecture | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania