Territory Stories

The Steamer Omeo at the Roper River Depôt

Details:

Title

The Steamer Omeo at the Roper River Depôt,

Photographer

Carrington, Francis Thomas (1843-1918),

Photo number

PH1077/0008,

Collection

Early Northern Territory Prints Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1873-06-14,

Location

Roper River,

Description

Depicts the Omeo and the Bengal at anchor at the Roper River Depôt. From the Australasian Sketcher, 14 June 1873, p.45. Printed at lower left "TC" and at lower right "BR". "TC" probably represents the artist Francis Thomas (Tom) Carrington, for whom see the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Carrington almost certainly worked from a photograph. "BR" is almost certainly the wood engraver.,

Language

English,

Subject

ships, river,

Digital format

3933 x 5000 pixels : 48bpp ; 115.25Mb, back 131.97Mb, jpeg 6.37Mb, back 3.93Mb.,

Format

1 wood engraving : hand-coloured ; 16.5 x 21.1 cm.,

File type

image/tiff, image/jpeg,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/266861,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/266861

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/447136, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/447138,