Coffee tent and sly grog shop. Diggers breakfast 1852.
Primary Artist
S.T. Gill (1818–1880)
Title
Coffee tent and sly grog shop. Diggers breakfast 1852.
Source
The diggers and diggings of Victoria as they were in 1852. Melbourne: James J. Blundell & Co., 1855-56.
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),
Date made
1854
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone; hand-coloured
Matrix size
13.0 x 19.2 cm (printed image)
Support
paper
Support size
14.7 x 23.0 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.
Subject description
Humorous scene of diggers having breakfast and drinking at a "coffee tent" selling illegal alcohol. A digger is passed out on the ground in front.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
42337
Accession number
86.634
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Spencer Scott Sandilands, Melbourne, February 1986.
Credit line
Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1986
Subject category
Australia, Gold rush to industry, 1851-1901
Country of context
Australia
Creators
GILL, S.T. | (1818–1880) Australian | English | Male | artist
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013