Primary Artist

Edouard Desiree Boulanger (1829–)

Title

The European march. [view of Sydney Heads and harbour.]

Source

The European march. Sydney: J.R. Clarke, 1857

Page or Plate number

cover

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Date made

1857 – (1857)

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone

Matrix size

36.4 x 26.8 cm (page)

Support

tan wove paper

Support size

36.4 x 53.6 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Production notes

An advertisment by J.R. Clark on 7 March 1857, anounced that this work had been 'just published'. [Sydney Morning Herald, 7 March 1857, p.10, col.4.]

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed printed lower right diagonal within image in black ink, 'E. Thomas'. Not dated. Titled printed upper centre within image in black ink 'The European March'.

Subject description

Sheet music by Boulanger. The lithograhed music cover by Edmund Thomas, shows an artist drawing a view of a ship comming through the Heads into Sydney Harbour. It reflects on the growing number of European imigrats comming to Australia.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

11091

Accession number

87.1202.1

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 1, 1987/88 (1987-07-14)

Provenance

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

Credit line

Purchased 1987

Subject categories

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales | Australia, Printed ephemera: Illustrated sheet-music cover

Country of context

Australia

Creators

J.R. Clarke. | Australian | Organisation | artist

Boulanger, Edouard Desiree. | (1829–) Australian | French | Male | artist

Thomas, Edmund. | (1827–1867) Australian | English | Male | artist