Canvass Town (St Kilda Road)

Primary Artist

Edmund Thomas (1827–1867)

Title

Canvass Town (St Kilda Road)

Date made

1853

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

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

Matrix size

10.5 x 20.5 cm (printed image)

Support

thin buff wove paper

Support size

15.6 x 24.4 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state?

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Printed initials lower right within image, 'E.T.'. Not dated. Printed title lower right 'CANVASS TOWN'.

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

Inscribed in contemporary hand lower left below image in black pencil, 'present Barracks site off St Kilda Rd'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

171871

Accession number

2008.764

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

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

Provenance

Sydney deceased estate auction, Davidsons Auctions, Sydney, 2007. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, August 2008

Credit line

Purchased 2008

Creators

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

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013