Primary Artist

George Knight Erskine Fairholme (1822–1889)

Title

Wool teams. Australia. [going down the hill].

Source

Fifteen views of Australia in 1845 by G.K.E.F.: London, published by the artist, printed by R. Appel, c.1853

Page or Plate number

number 9

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), not listed

Date made

1851 – c.1853

Place made

London, England View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone

Text printed from matrix

Printed upper centre above printed image border line, 'No. 9.'.
Printed lower left within image, 'GKEF.'.
Printed lower left below printed image border line, 'Wool teams. Australia.'.

Matrix size

17.6 x 25.7 cm (printed image)

Support

thin cream wove paper

Support size

25.6 x 32.4 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression

Edition information

edition unknown

Subject description

A team of eight bullocks, accompanied by two men, pull a two wheeled cart laden with wool bales, down a steep hill. They are followed by a second, similarly laden cart.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

167265

Accession number

2009.44.9

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 4, 2008/2009 (2009-02-24)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Peter Arnold Antiquarian Booksellers, Melbourne, 2009.

Credit line

Purchased 2009

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Queensland

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Fairholme, George Knight Erskine. | (1822–1889) Australian | Scottish | Male | artist

R. Appel's Anastatic Press | (1847–1858) English | Organisation | printer

Last Updated

07 May 2025