Australia. News from Home.

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Artist/Maker	Baxter, George (print-maker) Melville, Harden Sidney (artist)
Place of origin	England (printed)

Baxter-process print depicting a group of men inside a wooden building. The man seated on a chair in the centre is reading a letter whilst a dog, seated at his side, is looking up at him. A man standing beside him is in the process of opening a letter whilst a man to the left is shown leaning back in his chair reading a newspaper.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Print
Title	Australia. News from Home. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Baxter print on paper Paper Baxter-Process Printing
Brief description	Print by George Baxter after H. S. Melville, 'Australia. News from Home,' Baxter-process print, published state, England, 1853
Physical description	Baxter-process print depicting a group of men inside a wooden building. The man seated on a chair in the centre is reading a letter whilst a dog, seated at his side, is looking up at him. A man standing beside him is in the process of opening a letter whilst a man to the left is shown leaning back in his chair reading a newspaper.
Dimensions	Height: 4.375in Width: 5.9375in Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933
Style	Victorian
Marks and inscriptions	(Lettering has been trimmed off) (Mount embossed with seal)
Credit line	Bequeathed by Francis William Baxter
Production	Published state.
Association	Australia
Bibliographic references	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933 Lewis, C. T. Courtney. George Baxter (colour printer) his life and work: a manual for collectors. London: S. Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., 1908. cat. no. 195
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2867-1932

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O744146/australia-news-from-home-print-baxter-george/

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