Birds eggs of Victoria.
Title
Source
the unpublished folio Australia Terra Cognita by William Blandowski. 1855-56
Page or Plate number
plate 110
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 7129
Date made
1855 – 1855-56
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving, printed in brown ink, from one copper plate; hand-coloured
Matrix size
25.0 x 17.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
36.0 x 27.0 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed in plate lower left 'W.v. Blandowski. Australia'. Signed in plate lower right 'Engraved by Redaway & Sons. '. Not dated. Inscribed in plate upper centre, 'Birds Eggs of Victoria'. Inscribed in plate upper right corner, 'Plate 110.'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
4079
Accession number
96.523
Accession method
Gift
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1995/96 (1996-06-26)
Provenance
Mrs Cape. By descent to, Major General T.F. Cape. Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Major General T.F. Cape, Canberra, February 1995.
Credit line
Gift of Major General T.F. Cape, in loving memory of his wife Elizabeth Rabett 1996
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Birds Eggs of Victoria, plate 110.
Creators
Blandowski, William. | (1822–1876) Australian | Male | print after
James Redaway [and Sons]. | British | Organisation | engraver
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013