The bird upon the tree
Primary Artist
Edmund Thomas (1827–1867)
Title
The bird upon the tree
Physical description
Quarto, tinted lithographs title and nine tinted lithographs by Edmund Thomas.
Date made
1857Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 6318
Category
Illustrated book
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in colour, from two stones (black ink0 and buff tint)
Text printed from matrix
Printed lower right within image in black ink, 'E. Thomas / -/56'. Printed title upper centre above image in black ink, 'THE BIRD UPON THE TREE.' Printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'ALLAN CUNNINGHAM'S MOMUMENT IN THE BOTANIC GARDENS.'
Matrix size
25.8 x 22.2 cm (printed image)
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject categories
Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book | Australia, Printed ephemera: Illustrated sheet-music cover
Subject description
The central image is the monument to the botanist and explorer Allan Cunningham (1791-1839), erected in the Botanical Gardens, Sydney.
Legacy id
150498
Creators
Thomas, Edmund. | (1827–1867) Australian | English | Male | artist
J.R. Clarke. | Australian | Organisation | publisher
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013
Impressions
Collection
National Gallery of Australia | 2006.777.6
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
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