Primary Artist

George Knight Erskine Fairholme (1822–1889)

Title

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

Date made

1851 – c.1853

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), not listed

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone

Matrix size

17.6 x 25.6 cm (printed image).

Edition information

edition unknown

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Queensland

Subject description

A team of eight bullocks, accompanied by three men and a dog, pull a two wheeled cart laden with wool bales branded with the initials 'J.B' and numbered up a steep hill.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

167262

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