Sketch of the gold diggings at Ophir, County of Wellington, New South Wales.

Primary Artist

Thomas Balcombe (1810–1861)

Title

Sketch of the gold diggings at Ophir, County of Wellington, New South Wales.

Date made

1851

Place made

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone; hand-coloured in water colour and body colour

Text printed from matrix

Printed centre below printed image, 'SKETCH OF THE GOLD DIGGINGS / AT OPHIR / County of Wellington, New South Wales, from a Drawing taken / on the spot by M.r J. Korff. / May 1851'. Printed lower left below title text, 'T.T. BALCOMBE / LITHO'.

Support

paper

Support size

27.0 x 47.5 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

print-run unknown

Production notes

The lithograph ’Sketch of the gold diggings at Ophir’ after a drawing by J. Korff was available, priced at three shillings, at the Office of the Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal. [23 July 1851, page 3]

Collection

National Library of Australia

Accession number

PIC Drawer 6172 #U2525 NK338

Accession method

Purchase

Provenance

Rex Nan Kivell

Web address

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-135945117/view

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Korff, John | (1799–1870) Australian | English | Male | print after

Balcombe, Thomas. | (1810–1861) Australian | British | Male | lithographer

Last Updated

18 Nov 2024