Hobart Town chain gang.
Primary Artist
Charles Bruce (1807–1851)
Title
Hobart Town chain gang.
Date made
1831 (about)Place made
Nipaluna / Hobart, Tasmania, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Text printed from matrix
printed lower right, 'Etched by C Bruce'. printed text lower centre below image, 'HOBART TOWN CHAIN GANG'.
Matrix size
11.4 x 33.8 cm (plate-mark)
Edition information
print-run unknown
Subject category
Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania
Subject description
A group of convicts shackled with leg chains and carrying picks, shovels and mallets, are garded by soldiers carrying rifles as they walk along an unmade road in Hobart, Tasmania.
Country of context
Australia
Legacy id
126563
Creators
Bruce, Charles. | (1807–1851) Australian | Scottish | Male | engraver
Last Updated
02 Jun 2026