Primary Artist

George Knight Erskine Fairholme (1822–1889)

Title

Wool teams. Australia. [going down 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 25.7 cm (printed image)

Edition information

edition unknown

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Queensland

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.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

167265

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