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A print from Johnny Fawkner's press
Medium
woodcut
Measurements
15.3 × 15.4 cm (block) 21.6 × 20.2 cm (sheet)
Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in brown pen and ink on reverse u.l.: Printed on Fawkner's Press / (the first printing Press / used in Victoria - 1837) / This block was designed by / Blamire Young - artist - for the / Library Association's Loan Exhibition / at the National Gallery May 1902 / and printed by Syd Young of Wrights' Lane - Melbourne / (... illeg.) (crossed through) / (...illeg.) / 1902
Accession Number
P118-1976
Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Acquired before 1976
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display