View of part of the river of Sydney, in New South Wales. Taken from St. Phillip's church yard.
Primary Artist
Title
View of part of the river of Sydney, in New South Wales. Taken from St. Phillip's church yard.
Source
Views in New South Wales, Sydney: West, 1814
Page or Plate number
plate 18
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 596a
Date made
1813
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
23.4 x 34.8 cm (printed image)
Support
paper
Support size
31.8 x 46.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Inscribed printed, lower centre below image, in black ink, 'View of part of the RIVER of SYDNEY, in New South Wales./ Taken from St. Phillip's. Church Yard./ Dedicated to his Excellency Lachlan Macquarie. Esq. Govenor [sic] of New South Wales. &c.&c.&c./ Published June 4th 1813. by A. West Sydney.'. Not signed.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
144100
Accession number
2005.291.18
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 2004/2005 (2005-06-22)
Provenance
With Horden House, Sydney. This image was one of fourteen offered as a boxed set in: Governor Lachlan Macquarie. An important collection of rare books, manuscripts and pictorial works focussing on Macquarie's reign as Governor 1810-1822, Sydney: Hordern House, 1996, cat. no. 60. Private collection, Sydney. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Horden House, Sydney, 2005
Credit line
Purchased 2004
Subject category
Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales
Creators
West, Absalom. | (1795–) Australian | English | Male | publisher
UNKNOWN ENGRAVER, | | artist
UNKNOWN ARTIST, | | artist