The Chinese cook shop.

Primary Artist

Tom Roberts (1856–1931)

Title

The Chinese cook shop.

Other titles

A Chinese cook shop

The opium den

Date made

1887

Place made

Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in brown ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

20.4 x 15.2 cm (plate-mark)

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

39084

Creators

Roberts, Tom. | (1856–1931) Australian | English | Male | artist

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 76.722.21

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Collection

Art Gallery of New South Wales | 9397

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

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Collection

Private collection

State

published state

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Collection

National Gallery of Victoria

State

published state

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