"Prospecting For Gold Or Rewarded At Last"
Artist/Maker
Samuel Gill (b.1818, d.1880): After
Production date
1850s
Description
Hand coloured lithograph, matted and framed behind glass. (No 12 of series). Depicting a group of successful gold prospectors by a creek with a windlass and various tools and a tent in the background. Seven men are celebrating, one woman and a child in scene. Executed in black and coloured inks and watercolour paint.
Media/materials
Paper - ink - watercolour paint
Measurements
23.5 x 31 SIGHT 42.3 x 50 FRAMED
Signature & date
"sketches Of Australian Life And Scenery - Complete In 12 Plates. (no 12) Prospecting For Gold Or Rewarded At Last"|"gold Fields Are Discovered Generally By Parties Going Out To Seek For Them, Either Through The Rewards Offered By Government, Or Else The Inducement Of Having An Extended Claim, These Parties Are Called Prospectors, In Some Cases They Stick To A Certain Locality Until Their Last Shilling Is Expended. Our Illustration Depicts A Party Discovering Gold After Being Reduced To The Last Stage Of Poverty."|verso: Loaned For The Historical Exhibition By Mrs M.f. Craig, 8 Dandenong Road, Caulfield S.e.7 September 27th 1934.
Accession number
M2132