Burning Mount - Wingen.
Primary Artist
John Carmichael (1811–1857)
Title
Other titles
Mount Wingen [list of illustrations]
Source
From The picture of Sydney: and strangers' guide in New South Wales, for 1838. Sydney: Maclehose, 1838.
Page or Plate number
pl.34, facing p.150
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 2795
Date made
1838
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
9.3 x 15.9 cm (printed image)
Support
thin pink wove paper
Support size
11.0 x 18.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject description
Burning Mountain, situated in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales, 300 km north of Sydney, is named after the sulphurous smoke which comes from fissures in the rocks. It was well known by the local Wanaruah people who named it Wingen ('fire'), hence the name of the small European settlement that was established in the 1840s.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
51304
Accession number
86.1489
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 9, 1985/86 (1986-06-17)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1986.
Credit line
Purchased from Gallery admission charges
Subject category
Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Carmichael, John. | (1811–1857) Australian | Scottish | Male | artist