Primary Artist

George French Angas (1822–1886)

Title

Illawarra scenery: A tear for Israel [sheet music cover].

Date made

1853 – c.1855

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone; subsequently? hand-coloured

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left, 'G.F. Angas. Lith:'. Printed lower right, 'J. Allan. Printer. Sydney.'. Printed lower centre, 'ILLAWARRA SCENERY. A TEAR FOR ISRAEL.'.

Matrix size

27.2 x 22.7 cm (printed image)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject categories

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

Subject description

Landscape of Illawarra coast and vegetation with figure of a woman crying. Image surrounded by words of the "Good Friday Prayer" from the Book of Common Prayer which asks for the conversion of all "Jews, Turks, Infidels, and Heretics".

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

42343

Creators

Angas, George French. | (1822–1886) Aotearoa New Zealander | Australian | English | Male | artist

Allan, John. | (1822–1883) Australian | Male | printer

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013