The tombs, Garden Island
Primary Artist
John Skinner Prout (1805–1876)
Title
Source
Sydney Illustrated. Sydney and Hobart, 1842- 1844
Page or Plate number
title page vignette
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 3891
Date made
1844
Place made
Australia, Australia, Tasmania, Hobart View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in black ink from one stone
Matrix size
19.6 x 14.8 cm (printed image (irregular))
Support
paper
Support size
37.4 x 27.0 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right corner in image in pen and black ink, 'J.S. Prout'. Not dated. Titled lower left corner in image in pen and black ink, 'THE TOMBS./ GARDEN ISLAND'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Inscribed with title upper centre in image in letterpress, 'SYDNEY ILLUSTRATED'. Inscribed with artist's and printers' details lower centre below image in letterpress, 'BY J.S. PROUT./ WITH LETTER PRESS DESCRIPTION BY/ J. RAE. M.A./T. BLUETT. PRINTER 1844'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
149738
Accession number
2005.1058.1
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 3, 2005/2006 (2005-12-07)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, December 2005.
Credit line
Purchased 2005
Subject category
Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania
Creators
Bluett, Thomas. | (1819–1846) English | Male | printer
PROUT, John Skinner | (1805–1876) Australian | English | Male | artist
RAE, J. | (1813–1900) Male | printer (letterpress)