Primary Artist

John Carmichael (1811–1857)

Title

The Master of the Fitz Roy Hunt.

Source

The Australasian Sporting Magazine (Sydney). vol.1, no.2, 1850

Page or Plate number

plate 2

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Date made

1850

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

Category

Illustrated book

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving and etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

10.0 x 15.9 cm (printed image)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

13.6 x 23.2 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Printed, lower left corner within image in black ink, 'TB'. Printed, lower right corner within image in black ink, 'J.C.'. Not dated. Not titled.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

1464

Accession number

94.423.2

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1993/94 (1994-06-29)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Peter Arnold Antiquarian Booksellers, Melbourne, June 1994.

Credit line

Purchased 1994

Subject categories

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book | Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Portrait of Sir Charles A. Fitzroy, with his hunter 'Waverly'. "His favourite hunter ... is a noble brute, purchased in Van Diemen's Land, an admirable fencer and of great powers of endurance..."

Creators

Balcombe, Thomas. | (1810–1861) Australian | British | Male | print after

Carmichael, John. | (1811–1857) Australian | Scottish | Male | engraver