Medium
photo-lithograph printed in black and beige ink
Measurements
45.0 × 24.4 cm (image) 25.2 × 46.0 cm irreg. (comp.) 47.3 × 63.8 cm irreg. (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Jessie Traill, 1966
Gallery location
Not on display
Inscription
printed in ink l.c.: ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST GOLD ESCORT / WILLIAM STREET, MELBOURNE. / 1852. / BY AN EYE-WITNESS
Accession Number
1677-5
Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings
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