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

1857

Reference

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