The penal settlement of Port Arthur, Van Diemen's Land
Primary Artist
Captain Charles Hext (1815–1855)
Title
The penal settlement of Port Arthur, Van Diemen's Land
Source
[Views in Australia and Tasmania from sketches by Capt. Hext]. Liverpool, England: C. Hutchins, c.1855
Page or Plate number
plate [1]
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 1661a
Date made
1848
Place made
Liverpool, Lancashire, England View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in colour, from multiple stones
Support
medium-weight smooth off-white wove paper on medium-weight smooth pale green wove paper
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
print run unknown
Production notes
(image and text in black ink, buff and blue tint stone)
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso upper left in black pencil, '252 [within circle]'. Inscribed verso lower right in black pencil, '522 [within rectangle]'.
IRN
193041
Accession number
2009.1026
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 2, 2009/2010 (2009-10-27)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Sebra Prints, Melbourne, 2009.
Credit line
Puchased 2009
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Hext, Captain Charles. | (1815–1855) English | Male | print after
Hutchins, Charles. | (1838–) English | Male | lithographer
Last Updated
07 Jan 2013