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C1854
Store at the Diggings. Open Air Services at the Diggings.
Artist:
Thomas Ham
Pair of very rare etched prints by the important colonial engraver Thomas Ham. From the, Gold Diggers & a series of sketches of the Victorian Gold Diggings.
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Full Title:
Store at the Diggings. Open Air Services at the Diggings.
Date:
C1854
Artist:
Thomas Ham
Condition:
Small repaired tear on left hand side margin of sheet, otherwise both in good condition.
Technique:
Etching
Image Size:
205mm
x 110mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1854
Description:
Pair of very rare etched prints by the important colonial engraver Thomas Ham.
From the, Gold Diggers & a series of sketches of the Victorian Gold Diggings.
Biography:
Thomas Ham (1821-1870)
Important colonial engraver.
Thomas had trained as an engraver and in 1843 was commissioned to engrave the corporation seal for the Town of Melbourne. With his business in Collins Street, East Melbourne, he was sole contractor for engravings and lithography for the government and designed and engraved currency notes for various banks. He also took up land with another brother, Jabez, on the River Plenty in 1845 and in 1846-47 at Lalbert in the Wimmera district. In 1847 he published a map showing the squatting districts of ‘Australia Felix’; it ran to six editions in 1851-61.
