Primary Artist

Eugene Von Guérard (1811–1901)

Title

Ferntree Gully, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria.

Source

From Eugene von Guerard's Australian landscapes. Melbourne: Hamel and Ferguson, 1866-68

Page or Plate number

plate 13

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 10134a

Date made

1866 – (1866 - 68)

Place made

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

Category

Illustrated book

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in colour, from multiple stones

Matrix size

32.6 x 51.2 cm (printed image)

Support

paper

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed printed lower left wihtin image in black ink, 'Eug. v. Guerard'. Not dated. Titled printed lower centre below image in yellow ink, 'FERNTREE GULLY, DANDENONG RANGES [VICTORIA]'.

Subject description

Landscape of fern trees (Dicksonia antarctica) beside a stream in the Dandenong Ranges, east of Melbourne, Victoria. A male and female Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) in foreground.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

84850

Accession number

82.1028.14

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 1, 1982/83 (1982-07-12)

Credit line

Purchased 1982

Subject categories

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book | Australia, Animal: Bird, Lyrebird

Country of context

Australia

Creators

von Guérard, Eugene | (1811–1901) Australian | Austrian | Male | artist