Distant view of Sydney, from the light house of South Head, New South Wales.
Primary Artist
Joseph Lycett (1775–1828)
Title
Distant view of Sydney, from the light house of South Head, 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.3.
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 974;1031
Date made
1825
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Illustrated book
Print type
intaglio
Technique
aquatint, etching, hand-coloured
Matrix size
17.7 x 27.9 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 Sydney looking west from Macquarie lighthouse, South Head with Aboriginal family in foreground.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
34514
Accession number
84.125.4
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