Title

View of Port Jackson, taken from the South Head.

Source

Views of Australian scenery, by William Westall. London: G. & W. Nicol, 1814

Page or Plate number

plate 6.

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 597

Date made

1814

Place made

Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map

Category

Illustrated book

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

27.5 x 37.4 cm (page)

Support

paper

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

A seperate issue of the plate that appear in Flinders A voyage to Terra Australis

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

46391

Accession number

86.996.3

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1985/86 (1986-02-11)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Anne McCormick, Rare Books, Paintings and Prints, Sydney, February 1986.

Credit line

Purchased 1986

Subject category

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Pye, John. | (1782–1874) English | Male | engraver

Westall, William. | (1781–1850) English | Male | print after

Last Updated

11 Jan 2013