The turf [Mr John Tait].

Artist: Durkin, Tom. | Title: The turf [Mr John Tait]. | Date: 13 March 1875 (imprint) | Technique: lithograph, printed in colour inks, from two (black image, buff tint)
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Primary Artist

Tom Durkin (1853–1900)

Title

The turf [Mr John Tait].

Source

Masks and faces, an albumn of 36 lithographed caricatures, Melbourne: Weekly Times, 1873-1875

Page or Plate number

Plate 35

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Date made

13 March 1875 (imprint)

Place made

Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in colour inks, from two (black image, buff tint)

Text printed from matrix

printed upper right above image in black ink, 'March 13, 1875'.
printed upper centre above image in black ink, 'THE WEEKLY TIMES.'.
printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'MASKS & FACES. No. 35. - THE TURF. / 'A Winner of Many Cups' '.

Edition information

print-run unknown

Subject categories

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Caricature | Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book | Australia, Printed ephemera: Newspaper supplement

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

152312

Creators

Durkin, Tom. | (1853–1900) Male | artist

Last Updated

24 May 2026

Impressions

Artist: Durkin, Tom. | Title: The turf [Mr John Tait]. | Date: 13 March 1875 (imprint) | Technique: lithograph, printed in colour inks, from two (black image, buff tint)
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 2011.1471.22

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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