Gold. The Universal Loadstar. Engraving by Sherer after ST Gill c1853.

$50.00

Antique print of the rush for gold. Gold Rush in Australia c1853.

"They consisted of three men and a boy, two of whom had dug before but with indifferent success."

Original wood engraving 'from authentic sketches taken in the colony (S.T. Gill) for John Sherer's "The Gold-Finder in Australia – How he went, How he fared, How he made his fortune" published in London circa 1853. London-based Sherer added descriptive captions to each Australian goldfields lithograph by Samuel Thomas Gill.

The engraved page measures 22 x 13cm (8.5 x 5 inches). Image measures 165 x 110mm (6.5 x 4.25 inches).