Primary Artist

John Carmichael (1811–1857)

Title

Burning Mount - Wingen.

Other titles

Mount Wingen [list of illustrations]

Date made

1838

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 2795

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'BURNING MOUNT - Wingen'. Printed lower left, 'Published by'. Printed lower right, 'J. Maclehose'.

Matrix size

9.3 x 15.9 cm (printed image)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Subject description

Burning Mountain, situated in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales, 300 km north of Sydney, is named after the sulphurous smoke which comes from fissures in the rocks. It was well known by the local Wanaruah people who named it Wingen ('fire'), hence the name of the small European settlement that was established in the 1840s.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

51304

Creators

Carmichael, John. | (1811–1857) Australian | Scottish | Male | artist

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013