View of Port Jackson, taken from the South Head.

Primary Artist

John Pye (1782–1874)

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

Work number

GBE.1814

Date made

1814

Place made

London, England View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Text printed from matrix

printed lower left below image, 'Painted by W. Westall A.R.A. E.L.S.'.
printed lower right below image, 'Engraved by John Pye'.
printed lower centre below image, 'View of Port Jackson, taken from the South Head.'.

Matrix size

27.5 x 37.4 cm (page)

Support

paper

Support size

27.5 x 37.4 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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

22 Jul 2025