Wayfaring diggers.
Primary Artist
S.T. Gill (1818–1880)
Title
Source
Gill, S.T. Sketches of the Victoria gold diggings and diggers as they are. Melbourne: Macartney & Galbraith, 1852
Page or Plate number
plate [22]
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 9920
Date made
1852
Date details
1852, August published
Place made
Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone
Matrix size
16.0 x 11.1 cm (printed image (irregular))
Support
paper
Support size
21.6 x 16.6 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
No inscriptions.
Subject description
Two diggers with swags, resting under a tree, as they walk to the gold fields.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
145137
Accession number
2005.509.16
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 1, 2005/2006 (2005-08-31)
Credit line
Purchased 2005
Subject categories
Australia, Art period: Colonial, Victoria | Australia, Gold rush to industry, 1851-1901
Creators
Gill, S.T. | (1818–1880) Australian | English | Male | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013