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Sample of Wood from Tasmania
anonymous, 1862
Monster van Tasmania blue gum (Eucalyptus spec.).
- Artwork typesample
- Object numberNG-MC-1123
- Dimensionsheight 2.5 cm x width 70.1 cm x depth 5.9 cm
- Physical characteristicswood
Identification
Title(s)
Sample of Wood from Tasmania
Object type
Object number
NG-MC-1123
Description
Monster van Tasmania blue gum (Eucalyptus spec.).
Inscriptions / marks
inscription, in the corner, in ink: ‘Ged. 17 Sept. 1862 n° 42 / Tasmania Blue-gum’
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Creation
Creation
compiler (person in literature): anonymous, Australia
Dating
1862
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Physical description
wood
Dimensions
height 2.5 cm x width 70.1 cm x depth 5.9 cm
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Acquisition and rights
Copyright
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
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anonymous
Sample of Wood from Tasmania
Australia, 1862
Inscriptions
- inscription, in the corner, in ink:Ged. 17 Sept. 1862 n° 42 / Tasmania Blue-gum
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1123
Entry
Sample of Tasmania blue gum (Eucalyptus spec.).
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1123
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Sample of Wood from Tasmania, Australia, 1862', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054122
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