Primary Artist

Henry Devonshire (1830–)

Title

Billhead: Dickenson Brothers. Hardware Merchants and General Ironmongers, Hobart Town.

Date made

1842 (business established)

Place made

Birmingham, West Midlands, England View on map Close map

Reference

Craig (1964), p.107

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

line-engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; pen and ink inscriptions

Text printed from matrix

printed lower left diagonal, 'Devonshire Sc'. printed lower right diagonal, 'Birmingham'.

Matrix size

10.5 x 19.6 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania

Subject description

Stationery design featuring street activity outside the Dickenson Brothers Hardware and Ironmongery stores, Hobart Town, Van Diemens Land [Tasmania].

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

37461

Creators

Devonshire, Henry. | (1830–) English | Male | artist

Last Updated

18 May 2026