Coming to anchor off Sydney Cove.
Primary Artist
Augustus Earle (1793–1838)
Title
Coming to anchor off Sydney Cove.
Other titles
Coming to an anchor off Sydney Cove
Source
Views in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. Australian Scrap Book London: Charles Hullmandel, 1830
Page or Plate number
part 1, plate 3
Reference
Butler (1982), 10; Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 1342
Date made
1830
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone; hand-coloured
Matrix size
20.8 x 28.6 cm (printed image (trimmed))
Support
cream paper
Support size
22.0 x 28.7 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower centre in black pencil, '2'.
Subject description
Harbour scene of sailing ships in Port Jackson with Fort Macquarie at left and Dawes Battery on Observatory Hill at centre, Sydney, N.S.W.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
4032
Accession number
95.342
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 4, 1994/95 (1995-02-23)
Provenance
Mrs Cape. By descent to, Major General T.F. Cape. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Major General T.F. Cape, Canberra, February 1995.
Credit line
Purchased 1995
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Hullmandel, Charles Joseph | (1789–1850) English | Male | printer
Earle, Augustus. | (1793–1838) English | Male | artist
Cross, Joseph. | (1791–1843) English | Male | publisher
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013