Fossils of Victoria.
Title
Source
the unpublished folio Australia Terra Cognita by William Blandowski. 1855-56
Page or Plate number
plate 21
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 black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
25.4 x 17.4 cm (plate-mark)
Support
chine colle on white 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 right edge, 'W v Blandowski- Australia'. Signed in plate lower centre edge,'Engraved by Redaway & Sons Melbourne'. Not dated. Inscribed in plate u.c.,'FOSSILS OF VICTORIA/ UPPERMOST TERTIARY FORMATION./ Typolites, in Ferrugs.Sandste. at Flemington 2m...N...fr. Melbourne.'. Inscribed in plate u.r.c., 'Plate 21.'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
4103
Accession number
96.532
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
Fossils of Victoria, plate 21.
Creators
Blandowski, William. | (1822–1876) Australian | Male | print after
James Redaway [and Sons]. | British | Organisation | engraver