Lithograph

Maker & role
Robert Russell (b.1808, d.1900), Artist; John Gardner Austin, Printmaker; John Gardner Austin, Publisher
 Production date
Nov 1836
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Object detail

Title
New Toll Gate, Parramatta Road
Production place
Sydney/NSW/Australia
Collection
Museum of Sydney
Measurements
0 - Whole, H: 16 x W: 25cm (H: 160 x W: 250mm)
Production notes
The collective issue of 16 plates was published in November 1836 with the imprint '12 Bridge Street' on the cover title of the wrapper. The prints were based on drawings by the surveyor Robert Russell, one of Conrad Marten's first pupils in Sydney.
Subject Place
Parramatta/Sydney/NSW/Australia
Signature & marks
Printed below image on each plate "Printed, Published and Sold by J.G. Austin, 13 Hunter St., Sydney" [Austin's previous address]
Credit line
Gift, through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2006
Caroline Simpson Collection, Museum of Sydney Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Caption
New toll gate, Parramatta Road (November, 1836)
Description
This lithograph is one of 12 based on drawings by Robert Russell. The lithographs depict pictorial scenes of Sydney in the early nineteenth century. The lithographs are important social documents of their time, depicting people, important landmarks, places, fashions, and events in Sydney.
Accession number
MOS2007/9-6

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