A View in Western Australia, taken from a hill, the intended site of a Fort, on the left bank of the Swan River, a mile and a quarter from its mouth.
Title
Source
Foreign Literary Gazette, London, no.12, 24 March 1830
Page or Plate number
presentation print
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),
Date made
1830
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone
Support
white paper
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Production notes
The work was folded so it could be presented in the Foreign Literary Gazette.
Subject description
One of the earliest views of the site for Fremantle. The print shows the intended site of the fort (The Round House), Garden Island , Carnac Island and the mouth of the Swan River.
IRN
204630
Accession number
2010.1036
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 2, 2010/2011 (2010-10-26)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Marie Louise Wordsworth, Perth, October 2010.
Credit line
The Wordsworth Collection, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 2010
Subject categories
Australia, Art period: Colonial, Western Australia | Collection: The Wordsworth collection of Western Australian colonial art, acquired 2010.