Primary Artist

Robert Dixon (1800–1858)

Title

A view of Gummum Plains and Liverpool Range N.S. Wales, taken from Brindley Park.

Date made

1837 (published)

Place made

London, England View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left below printed image in black ink, 'Drawn by R.D. 1835'.
Printed lower right below printed image in black ink, 'Webb & Son, Lith.o, Smiths Place, Snow Hill London. 1837.' Printed lower centre below printed image, A VIEW OF GUMMUM PLAINS & LIVERPOOL RANGE N.S.WALES> / TAKEN FROM BRINDLEY PARK.'.

Support

paper

Support size

30.3 x 44.5 cm. (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Production notes

This is one of four lithographs printed by Webb & Son, London in 1837. 'A view from Camden on the River Nepean, N. S. Wales' and 'A view of Gummum Plains & Liverpool Range, N. S. Wales, taken from Brindley Park' are after drawings by Robert Dixon. 'An exploering [sic] party on the River Bogan, N. S. Wales after heavy rain' and 'King Teapot & his two gins, chief of the Bogen tribes, N. S. Wales, as he appeared after having a tightner' are after drawings by Thomas Balcombe.

Both Dixon and Balcombe were employed by the Surveyor-General's Department under Thomas Mitchell, and the four lithographs record incidents observed during their surveying expeditions. It would seem that Dixon took the drawings with him to London in 1836 and arranged to have them lithographed. (he also had his map, 'This map of the colony of New South Wales ... ' (July 1837) engraved and published during his London sojourn).

None of the lithographs have the legally required imprint for them to sold in Britain. This suggests they were only for private circulation, or they were produced with the Australian market in mind.

[Roger Butler, 18 November 2024].

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

191723

Accession number

2011.1463

Accession method

Purchase

Provenance

by descent to Waynman Dixon, by 1925 [see dated inscription [ownership and location unknown for the period 1925-2008]
with Hampton & Littlewood in 'Quarterly Fine Sale', Exter, England, 2008, lot 260 [part]. Also sold with this lot is an interesting letter from Robert Dixon to his brother from the ship taking him to Australia in 1852 anchored off Plymouth hoping to see him at "The Diggings, if all things go well, in the near future".
ownership and location unconfirmed for the period 2008-2009
with Peter Arnold Antiquarian Booksellers, Victoria, Australia, by June 2009
which sold it to the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 2011

Web address

https://searchthecollection.nga.gov.au/object/191723

Creators

Dixon, Robert. | (1800–1858) Australian | English | Male | print after

Webb & Son. | (1832–1851) English | lithographer

Last Updated

16 Nov 2024