Hobart Town chain gang.

Title: Hobart Town chain gang. | Date: c.1831 | Technique: etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
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Title

Hobart Town chain gang.

Date made

1829 – c.1831

Place made

Nipaluna / Hobart, Tasmania, Australia View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed text lower centre below image, 'HOBART TOWN CHAIN GANG'. Printed lower right, 'Etched by C Bruce'.

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

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Title: Hobart Town chain gang. | Date: c.1831 | Technique: etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
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State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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