East View of Sydney

Primary Artist

Vincent Woodthorpe (1764–1822)

Title

East View of Sydney

Source

Barrington, George. 'An Account of a Voyage to New South Wales'. London: M. Jones, 1803.

Page or Plate number

plate 10

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 366, 367

Date made

1802

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; hand-coloured

Matrix size

7.8 x 14.5 cm (printed image)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

12.4 x 20.8 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject description

Early view of Sydney with an Aboriginal man and European man in front of houses in the foreground and other village buildings in the background.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

82217

Accession number

71.57

Accession method

Bequest

Meeting

C.A.A.B. Meeting (1971-05-17)

Provenance

Bequest to the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.], from Aubrey Lewis Rosenthal, Wahroonga, NSW, May 1971.

Credit line

Bequest of A.L. Rosenthal in memory of his Mother 1971

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Jones, M. | (1810–) English | publisher

Woodthorpe, Vincent. | (1764–1822) English | Male | artist

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013