Christmas on the diggings, or the unwelcome visitor who came uninvited [a view], 1850-1859? / Samuel...
Christmas on the diggings, or the unwelcome visitor who came uninvited [a view], 1850-1859? / Samuel...
Christmas on the diggings, or the unwelcome visitor who came uninvited [a view], 1850-1859? / Samuel Thomas Gill
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
London : 1850-1859?
Call Numbers
DL Pf 26
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 print - 17 x 30.2 cm inside frame line, on sheet 27.9 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
A family gathering is shown thrown into confusion by a snake
Alternative Titles
Full title
Christmas on the diggings, or the unwelcome visitor who came uninvited [a view], 1850-1859? / Samuel Thomas Gill
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Above the lithograph is printed 'No 8 Sketches of Australian life & scenery - complete in 12 plates', beneath it is a paragraph giving an account of the scene, '2' is written in pencil in lower right corner of sheet
Attributions / Conjectures
Attributed to Gill from comparison with his Waiting for the mail at: DL Pd 149, place of publication as Gill's Sunday at the diggings at: DL Pf 20
Date note
Dated to the time of the gold rushes, with which this set of prints is contemporary
Conservation note
Torn at edges and soiled, with remnants of cardboard mount 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
Spencer List number: 125 P
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DL Pf 26
Record Identifier
YezdVKA9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YezdVKA9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
900563
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