Forest Creek, Mount Alexander diggings from the base of Red Hill near Argus office looking towards Castlemaine July 1852.

Primary Artist

S.T. Gill (1818–1880)

Title

Forest Creek, Mount Alexander diggings from the base of Red Hill near Argus office looking towards Castlemaine July 1852.

Date made

1853

Date details

1853, July

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in colour, from multiple stones: additional hand- colouring

Matrix size

36.2 x 61.6 cm (printed image)

Support

wove paper subsequently mounted on thick wove paper

Support size

37.8 x 63.0 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions.

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

No inscriptions.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

66522

Accession number

87.397

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 7, 1986/87 (1987-03-10)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, March 1987.

Credit line

Purchased 1987

Subject category

Australia, Gold rush to industry, 1851-1901

Country of context

Australia

Creators

MaCartney & Galbraith | (1852–1853) Australian | Organisation | publisher

GILL, S.T. | (1818–1880) Australian | English | Male | artist

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013