City of Hobart Town

Primary Artist

Knud Bull (1811–1889)

Title

City of Hobart Town

Date made

1855

Place made

London, Greater London, England View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in colour inks, from multiple plates; hand-coloured in watercolour

Matrix size

32.1 x 58.5 cm (printed image), 35.7 x 60.1 cm (printed border line)

Support

thick off-white smooth laid paper

Support size

36.4 x 62.5 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

print-run unknown

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

inscribed lower left below image in black ink, 'K. BULL D [illeg.] WALKER LITH.'.
inscribed lower right below image in black ink, 'DAY & SONS LITHRS'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

176744

Accession number

2008.77

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 1, 2008/2009 (2008-08-26)

Provenance

Dr. Clifford Craig, Launceston, Tasmania.
Purchased by Ted Greg, from Van Diemen's Land and Tasmania: The Dr. Clifford Craig Collection, Sydney: Christie, Manson & Woods [auction], 13-15 October 1975, lot 504
Collection of Ted Greg, Tasmania
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from John McPhee, Sydney, 2008.

Credit line

Purchased 2008

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Day & Son. | (1866–) English | printer

Bull, Knud. | (1811–1889) Male | print after

Last Updated

02 Jun 2026