Getting up a gum tree
Getting up a gum tree
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1851
Call Numbers
SSV/3
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
Prints - 21.8 x 13 cm. trimmed - 1 etching
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
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More information
Alternative Titles
Full title
Getting up a gum tree
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
In June 1992 the Mitchell Library's copy of the Australasian Sporting Magazine (ML ref. 798.05/1) was missing.
A trimmed copy of the engraving is tipped into "Rough Notes on Various Issues" (ML ref. ML MSS B565).
Bells Life in Sydney reported on 11 January 1851 p.2e that the etching was a copy of a painting in the possession of G.R. Nichols.<...
Signature / Inscriptions
Title engraved beneath image.
At bottom right is engraved "W. HARRIS. Sc".
Inscribed in Library officer's hand at bottom of image "Extracted from Australasian Sporting Magazine, Jan. 1851 v.1, no.4"
Contextual Information
Source
Transfer from SPF/Australian Aborigines (1992)
Inscribed on verso "Pic.Acc.1911" (This appears to be incorrect)
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SSV/3
Record Identifier
9gkGzoX9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkGzoX9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
52090
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