Australia. Branding cattle in a "pen".
Primary Artist
George Knight Erskine Fairholme (1822–1889)
Title
Australia. Branding cattle in a "pen".
Date made
1851 – c.1853Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), not listed
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone
Matrix size
17.0 x 25.4 cm (printed image)
Edition information
edition unknown
Subject category
Australia, Art period: Colonial, Queensland
Subject description
An Aboriginal man is heating branding irons in a fire. Men standing on the rails of the stockyard lean over to brand the cattle held in the pen.
Country of context
Australia
Legacy id
167259
Creators
Fairholme, George Knight Erskine. | (1822–1889) Australian | Scottish | Male | artist
R. Appel's Anastatic Press | (1847–1858) English | Organisation | printer
Last Updated
08 May 2025
Impressions
Collection
National Gallery of Australia | 2009.44.5
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
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Private collection | Josef Lebovic Gallery CL174 [1]
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression; hand-coloured
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