Title

South West view of Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land.

Date made

1820

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one plate; hand-coloured

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left below image, 'G. W. Evans delt'. Printed lower right below image, 'Engraved by R. Havell & Son'. Printed lower centre below image, 'This SOUTH WEST VIEW OF HOBART TOWN VAN DIEMANS [sic] LAND is respectfully dedicated to the RIGHT HONORABLE [sic] EARL BATHURST, / His Majesty's Principal Secretary of the State for the Colonial Department, by the Publisher / London, Published March 1st 1820.'

Matrix size

35.0 x 54.6 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania

Legacy id

129906

Creators

Evans, George William. | (1780–1852) Australian | English | Male | print after

unknown | (1818–1828) Organisation | engraver