A new rush, 185-? / possibly after S.T. Gill
A new rush, 185-? / possibly after S.T. Gill
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
185-?
Call Numbers
DL Pf 22
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 print - 16.9 x 25.8 inside frame line, sheet 28 x 38.9 cm. Mounted on cardboard - lithograph, hand-coloured
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Gold miners are shown at work on the diggings and there are tents labelled 'COFFEE & GINGER BEER', 'BAKER', 'CHEMIST & DRUGIST', etc.
Alternative Titles
Full title
A new rush, 185-? / possibly after S.T. Gill
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Place of publication London, as in Gill's 'Sunday at the diggings' (DL Pf 20)
Signature / Inscriptions
Above the lithograph is printed 'No. 3. SKETCHES OF AUSTRALIAN LIFE AND SCENERY - COMPLETE IN 12 PLATES.'
Beneath it is a paragraph giving an account of the scene
Attributions / Conjectures
Attributed to Gill because others in the set are related to his work
Date note
No date
Dated to the time of the gold rushes, with which this set of prints is contemporary
Conservation note
Foxed, soiled and torn at edges, with remnants of cardboard mat stuck round it
Description source
Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DL Pf 22
Record Identifier
16AJzwen
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/16AJzwen
Other Identifiers
Reference code
931719
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