Portrait of Louis Buvelot.
Primary Artist
Tom Roberts (1856–1931)
Title
Date made
1888
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in brown ink with plate-tone, from one copper plate
Matrix size
30.2 x 25.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
37.8 x 28.2 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
edition unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
No inscriptions
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower left in black pencil, 'Cleaned Paul / had not enough time?'. Inscribed lower centre in black pencil, '21 1/4 x 18 4/12'. Inscribed lower right in black pencil, '1/2 Flat M.T (illeg) Fine Art'. Inscribed upper centre in black pencil, '4'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
156852
Accession number
91.1086
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 4, 1991/92 (1991-12-11)
Provenance
Estate of Tom Roberts. Park Galleries, Melbourne (who handled the estate). Purchased by Allan McCulloch, c1937 Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Tim Goodman, 1991.
Credit line
Purchased 1991
Subject category
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938
Country of context
Australia
Notes
The copper plate is in the collection the NGV. Topliss records 6 copies. The NGA impression formerly in the possession of Alan McCulloch is not recorded by Topliss. McCulloch' purchased by me from Roberts' estate at Park Galleries c1937' see letter to Mary Eagle from McCulloch's daughter Susan McCulloch 22 August 1991.
Creators
Roberts, Tom. | (1856–1931) Australian | English | Male | artist