Primary Artist

Joseph Lycett (1775–1828)

Title

View of the Heads, at the Entrance to Port Jackson, New South Wales.

Source

Views in Australia or New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land Delineated. London: J. Souter, 1824

Page or Plate number

no.9.

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 974;1031

Date made

1824

Place made

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

Category

Illustrated book

Print type

intaglio

Technique

aquatint, etching, roulette, hand-coloured

Matrix size

17.2 x 27.0 cm (image)

Support

thick wove paper

Support size

25.6 x 36.0 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

edition of 250

Subject description

Harbour scene of the Heads, Port Jackson, Sydney, looking north from South Head near the Macquarie Lighthouse. Watsons Bay at left, North Harbour (now Manly Cove) in the middle distance and hills of present-day Bouddi National Park in the distance.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

34520

Accession number

84.125.10

Accession method

Fund

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1983/84 (1984-02-14)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Timothy and Anne McCormick Antiquarian Booksellers, Sydney 1984.

Subject categories

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book | Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Country of context

Australia

Creators

LYCETT, Joseph | (1775–1828) Australian | English | Male | artist

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013