Description
This is a hand-coloured lithographic print of a painting by George French Angas showing a stream zigzagging through she-oaks and sparsely treed cliffs at what was to become Ophir, Australia's first gold rush site. The print shows 14 miners prospecting using several different methods. Measuring 24.2 cm x 35 cm, the print was Plate 1 in a publication by George French Angas entitled 'Six views of the gold field of Ophir'.
Acknowledgements
| Copyright | Reproduced courtesy of National Library of Australia |
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| Creator | George French Angas, artist, 1851 Kemp and Fairfax Printers, printer, 1851 Woolcott and Clarke, publisher, 1851 |
| Identifiers | National Library of Australia number nla.pic-an6065480-2
TLF resource R3039 |
| Source | National Library of Australia, http://www.nla.gov.au |
