Description
This is a hand-coloured lithograph of 'License [licence] inspected, Forrest [Forest] Creek', a watercolour by S T Gill. It was printed as a plate in part one of 'The Victoria gold diggings and diggers as they are', published in London in 1853. The drawing depicts a man holding a rifle in one hand and a mining licence in the other. Two miners are watching him. One is standing at ground level with his arms crossed, while the other, standing in a recently dug hole, leans back on his elbows, appearing unperturbed that the licence is being inspected. Nearby are a pick and shovel, a wooden wheelbarrow full of dirt, and the stump of a medium-sized tree. In the background other miners can be seen.
Acknowledgements
| Copyright | Reproduced courtesy of National Library of Australia |
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| Creator | Samuel Thomas Gill, artist, 1853 H H Collins and Co, publisher, 1853 |
| Identifiers | National Library of Australia number nla.pic-an7537595
TLF resource R4402 |
| Source | National Library of Australia, http://www.nla.gov.au |
