Description
This is a hand-coloured print of a sketch, entitled 'Fitzroy Bar, Ophir', by George French Angas (1822-86) of the gold fields at Ophir, near Bathurst, New South Wales, in 1851. It shows prospectors cradling for gold along the banks of a stream, which flows swiftly to the rocky Fitzroy Bar, then turns left down between rock-lined banks. Native pines, some of which are dead, line the stream, and a wooden hut and some tents can be seen in the background to the left. The print measures 30.2 cm x 41.0 cm and is Plate 3 in a publication by Angas entitled 'Six views of the gold field of Ophir'.
Acknowledgements
| Copyright | Reproduced courtesy of National Library of Australia |
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| Creator | George French Angas, artist, 1851 Woolcott and Clarke, publisher, 1851 Kemp and Fairfax, printer, 1851 |
| Identifiers | National Library of Australia catalogue number nla.pic-an6016072
TLF resource R3565 |
| Source | National Library of Australia, http://www.nla.gov.au |
