A young woman carrying a bundle of ferns on her back. Engraving by Edward Burton after Robert Herdman.

  • Herdman, Robert, 1829-1888.
Date:
[1864?]
Reference:
27441i
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London : Virtue & Co., [1864?]

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1 print : engraving ; image 18.6 x 12.5 cm

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A fern-gatherer. Robert Herdman R.S.A. pinx. Edward Burton sculpt..

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Wellcome Collection 27441i

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After a painting exhibited at the 1864 Royal Academy exhibition in London, where it was acquired for the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, on the advice of Sir Charles Eastlake. It was among the first paintings shown at the opening of the gallery at Christmas 1864

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