Primary Artist

John Skinner Prout (1805–1876)

Title

The female factory from Proctor's Quarry

Source

Tasmania Illustrated. Hobart Town, 1844

Page or Plate number

plate 1

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 3892; Craig (1961), p.58-65

Date made

1844

Place made

Australia, Australia, Tasmania, Hobart View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in colour, from two stones

Matrix size

27.4 x 40.8 cm (printed image)

Support

wove paper

Support size

38.0 x 56.1 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated on stone lower right diagonal, 'J.S.Prout/1844'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

66650

Accession number

87.426

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 7, 1986/87 (1987-03-10)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Spencer Scott Sandilands, Melbourne, March 1987.

Credit line

Purchased 1987

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania

Country of context

Australia

Creators

PROUT, John Skinner | (1805–1876) Australian | English | Male | artist

Bluett, Thomas. | (1819–1846) English | Male | printer