The Rip, Port Phillip Heads.

Artist: Montefiore, Eliezer Levi. | Title: The Rip, Port Phillip Heads. | Date: 1868 | Technique: etching and aquatint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate
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Primary Artist

Eliezer Levi Montefiore (1820–1894)

Title

The Rip, Port Phillip Heads.

Date made

1868

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right corner within image, 'ELM 68'. Printed lower left below image, 'The Rip - P P Heads'. Printed lower centre below image, 'PORT PHILIP [sic] HEADS AUSTRALIA'.

Matrix size

10.0 x 17.6 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

print run unknown

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

58182

Creators

Montefiore, Eliezer Levi. | (1820–1894) Australian | French | Male | artist

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: Montefiore, Eliezer Levi. | Title: The Rip, Port Phillip Heads. | Date: 1868 | Technique: etching and aquatint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 86.1969

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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