Port Jackson Harbour, in New South Wales: with a distant view of the Blue Mountains. Taken from South Head.
Primary Artist
Walter Preston (1787–1821)
Title
Source
Views in New South Wales. Sydney: West, 1813
Page or Plate number
plate 2
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 570a
Work number
ANSW.1812.11.30
Date made
30 November 1812 (imprint)
Place made
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Text printed from matrix
printed upper left above image in black ink, 'No.2.'.
printed, lower left below image in black ink, 'Drawn by Eyre'.
printed lower right below image in black ink, 'Engraved by W Presston[Sic]'.
printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'Published Novr.30th.1812, by A West, Sydney.'
printed, lower centre below image, in black ink, 'PORT JACKSON HARBOUR, in New South Wales: with a distinct View of the BLUE MOUNTAINS / Taken from South Head. / Dedicated to his Excellency Lachlan Macquarie, Esq. Governor of Nw South Wales. &c. &c. &c.'.
Matrix size
22.2 x 37.9 cm (printed image)
Support
paper
Support size
31.0 x 45.8 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
144081
Accession number
2005.291.2
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 6, 2004/2005 (2005-06-22)
Provenance
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
Eyre, John. | (1771–1812) English | Male | print after
West, Absalom. | (1795–) Australian | English | Male | publisher
Preston, Walter. | (1787–1821) Australian | English | Male | engraver
Last Updated
22 Jul 2025