The European march. [view of Sydney Heads and harbour.]
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 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
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013