Primary Artist

Edmund Thomas (1827–1867)

Title

The European march.

Physical description

Sheet music [8] pp not bound, including [5] lithographed pages of music and an pictorial cover

Date made

1857 – (1857)

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithographs, printed in black ink, each from one stone

Text printed from matrix

Printed title upper centre above image, 'The European March'. Printed lower centre below image, BY BOULANDER / SYDNEY. PUBLISHED BY J.R. CLARKE, GEORGE ST / ALLAN & WIGLEY LITHO PRINTERS. Printed signature lower right within image, 'E. Thomas'. No date.

Matrix size

36.4 x 26.8 cm (page)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject categories

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales | Australia, Printed ephemera: Illustrated sheet-music cover

Subject description

Sheet music by Boulanger. The lithograhed music cover by Edmund Thomas, shows an artist drawing a view of a ship comming through the Heads into Sydney Harbour. It reflects on the growing number of European imigrats comming to Australia.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

71771

Creators

Thomas, Edmund. | (1827–1867) Australian | English | Male | artist

Boulanger, Edouard Desiree. | (1829–) Australian | French | Male | artist