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'Welcome Nugget' tobacco…
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Melbourne
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25-May-2024
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Description:
'Welcome Nugget' tobacco advertisement, chromolithographic print, circa 1860, for T.C. Williams Co., Manufacturers, Virginia, U.S.A. 26 x 26 cm; framed 49.5 x 48 cm overall. The image references the Welcome nugget, discovered at Bakery hill, Ballarat in 1858, and weighing 71.3 kilograms, at the time, the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found.
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Art: Prints - Posters