A city auctioneer [Mr H.M.C. Gemmell].

Artist: Durkin, Tom. | Title: A city auctioneer [Mr H.M.C. Gemmell]. | Date: 14 February 1874 (imprint) | Technique: lithograph, printed in colour inks, from two stones (black image, buff tint)
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Primary Artist

Tom Durkin (1853–1900)

Title

A city auctioneer [Mr H.M.C. Gemmell].

Date made

14 February 1874 (imprint)

Place made

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

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Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in colour inks, from two stones (black image, buff tint)

Text printed from matrix

printed upper right above image in black ink, 'Feb. 14, 1874'.
printed upper centre above image in black ink, 'THE WEEKLY TIMES.'.
printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'MASKS & FACES. No. 11. - A CITY AUCTIONEER. / 'What shall we say for this lot?' '

Edition information

print-run unknown

Subject categories

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book | Australia, Printed ephemera: Newspaper supplement | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Caricature

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

152288

Creators

Durkin, Tom. | (1853–1900) Male | artist

Last Updated

24 May 2026

Impressions

Artist: Durkin, Tom. | Title: A city auctioneer [Mr H.M.C. Gemmell]. | Date: 14 February 1874 (imprint) | Technique: lithograph, printed in colour inks, from two stones (black image, buff tint)
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 2011.1471.16

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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