Clerk of the course (Henry Fisher)

Title

Clerk of the course (Henry Fisher)

Physical description

quarto, lithographed title and frontispiece, lithographed plate of music and 41 other lithographed or engraved plates; recent unlettered half green roan

Date made

1847

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 4533

Category

Illustrated book

Print type

planographic

Technique

pen-lithograph, printed in black ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right within image in black ink, 'Drawn by W W Th[illeg] / from life 1847'.

Matrix size

17.8 x 22.4 cm (printed image (irregular))

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject category

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book

Subject description

Portrait of Henry Fisher, Clerk of the Course in top-hat and whip in hand, mounted on his horse,

Legacy id

163366

Creators

Baker, William. | (1806–1857) Australian | Irish | Male | printer

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 2006.925.40

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression, as issued

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