Irrawang vineyard and pottery, East Australia.
Primary Artist
John Carmichael (1811–1857)
Title
Irrawang vineyard and pottery, East Australia.
Source
From Picture of Sydney; and strangers' guide in New South Wales in 1838. Sydney: J. Maclehose, 1839.
Page or Plate number
Pl.37, facing p.168
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 2795
Date made
1838 – 1838-39
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
9.0 x 17.3 cm (printed image)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
11.2 x 18.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject description
Irrawang vineyard and pottery was established by James King, who had studied chemistry and glass making in Scotland, before establishing himself in Sydney in 1827. The pottery which was near the Williams River in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, produced domestic wares untill it closed in the early 1850s. The image shows the kiln and workers with Aboriginal people looking on. On the hills are rows of grape-vines.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
91570
Accession number
89.64
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 5, 1988/89 (1989-02-09)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1989.
Credit line
Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1989
Subject category
Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Carmichael, John. | (1811–1857) Australian | Scottish | Male | artist